A - The childhood: Swords and knives, The hurting, Memories fade
B - The system: The working hour, Until I drown
C - The awakening: Low life, Bullets for brains
D - The revolution: For the love of Cain, God's mistake, Kill love
E - The vision: Day by day by day by day by day, Hey Andy!
F - The world: Elemental, Under ether, Standing on the corner of the third world
G - The resolution: Maybe our days are numbered
PART A (The childhood)
Swords and knives (Orzabal/Holland)
A waking world of innocence So grave those first born cries When life begins with needles and pins It ends with swords and knives Oh dangerman, oh dangerman Your blade fits like a glove When forged in steel Time cannot heal That blood red bond of love In times of trouble you're an open book With the change in the way you look And it's sad love's not enough to make things better Turn the tables, we'll burn the fables Lies beneath the visions and daydreams Fooled by now, we mystify the past Like a dream, like it never happened When life begins with needles and pins It ends with swords and knives God save those born to die
The hurting (Orzabal)
Is it an horrific dream Am I sinking fast Could a person be so mean As to laugh and laugh On my own Could you ease my load Could you see my pain Could you please explain The hurting Could you understand a child When he cries in pain Could you give him all he needs Or do you feel the same All along You've been told you're wrong When you felt it right And you're left to fight The hurting Get in line with the things you know Feel the pain Feel the sorrow Touch the hurt and don't let go Get in line with the things you know Learn to cry Like a baby Then the hurting won't come back
Memories fade (Orzabal)
There's only need, I love your need, So much I'm losing me. I cannot see the reason for the pain. With hungry joy, I'll be your toy, Just hoping you will play, Without the hope, my body starts to fail
Memories fade but the scars still linger, Goodbye my friend, Will I ever love again, Memories fade but the scars still linger... oh.....
I cannot grow, I cannot move, I cannot feel my age, The vice like grip of tension holds me fast, Engulfed by you, what can I do, When history's my cage. Look forward to a future in the past.
The more I talk, the more I say, The less you seem to hear. I'm speechless in a most peculiar way. Your mind is weak, your need is great, And nothing is too dear, For you to use to take the pain away.
Memories fade, No don't pretend you can justify the end, Memories fade but the scars still linger
PART B (The system)
The working hour (Orzabal/Stanley/Elias)
These things that I've been told can rearrange My world, my doubt in time but inside out This is the working hour We are paid by those who learn by our mistakes This is the working hour We are paid by those who learn by our mistakes This day and age for all and not for one All lies and secrets, put on, put on and on This is the working hour We are paid by those who learn by our mistakes This is the working hour We are paid by those who learn by our mistakes And fear is such a vicious thing It wraps me up in chains
Find out, find out, what this fear is about Find out, find out, what this fear is about
Find out, find out, what this fear is about Find out, find out, what this fear is about
Until I drown (Orzabal/Griffiths)
Took a long time to mend Took a long time to make amends Funny how the story goes Strip a man bare and burn his clothes Time is all I crave It comes in waves I will be here until I drown System's on overload Goes to bed warm but wakes up cold What a bloody cross to bare Time on my hands but I don't care Days are all the same They wax and wane I will be here until I drown Time is all I crave It comes in waves I will be here until I drown Days are all the same They wax and wane I will be here until I drown Time is all i crave It comes in waves I will be here until i drown
PART C (The awakening)
Low life (Orzabal/Griffiths)
Low life, it's real It's Friday night and you've got no steel You can cry all you like But the truth still hurts and the hurt still bites And it all comes down to a very low high No give, no take You can't rely on a state of grace You can cry all you like But the pressure's on when the vein gets tight And it's all because of these cynical times Low life, low life No aim - no goal No guiding light that can take control You can cry all you like But you still don't speak to a world outside And it's all because of the sun in your eyes Low life, low life You can have it all but not at all fill that hole You can make this deal go underground All the saints are praying hard for your soul You can buy some wheels and run them down No aim - no goal No guiding light that can take control And it all comes down to a very low life
Low life, low life
Bullets for brains (Orzabal/Griffiths)
Well I saw you weeping One hand on the bible As I sent your soul to Kingdom Come Ready to be born again Well one man sees a wasteland Another man sees a rainbow It came to this, the atheists Got bullets for their brains Like a goodbye kiss But then I I'm putting up a peace-sign Putting up a peace-sign Pulling down a peace sign Well I believe in angels They move like a secret army And they help me blow the atheists sky high I can't sit still for too long I'm losing all my patience I got myself a rocket ship To make me hip To take me to the moon When I lose my grip I said I I'm putting up a peace-sign Putting up a peace-sign Pulling down a peace sign One day, one day in your life You will see the light You will see his face again One day, one day at a time Soothes the weary mind You will feel no pain Bullets for your brain (I live a very modest life - I'm happy with it) Hey now, read my lips Bullets for the brains of the atheists
PART D (The revolution)
For the love of Cain (Orzabal/Griffiths)
If I said I was Abel Would you know my name? I've swung from the trees in the Garden of Eden And I have shorn off my mane I've got no horns sticking out I've got no sting in my tail I've got no sins to pluck out Because I do so well And maybe I can raise the stakes
For the love of Cain For the love of Cain We'll dissolve our schemes And indulge our dreams For the love of Cain If you look out your window With your Sunday smile If you walk hand in hand through the Valley of Evil You walk the miracle mile I just need someone to love Straight from the cradle to the grave Maybe it's you I'm thinking of Because I know your game And maybe I can raise the stakes For the love of Cain For the love of Cain We'll dissolve our schemes And indulge our dreams For the love of Cain
God's mistake (Orzabal/Griffiths)
Have a friend, calls me up Says hello, then hangs up He must have read my mind These are the days of a different paradigm Maybe once, even twice He said "God does not play dice" Yet if he's everywhere He's in casinos with aces to spare Oh, Love is God's mistake Oh, Love is God's mistake Ours is not to reason why As we fall from way up high Into the water Like a lamb to the slaughter Even now, God's mistake Sets us up for one more heartbreak God you look mighty fine Dressed as the devil in a cosmic pantomime Oh, love is God's mistake Oh, love is God's mistake Never was so much at stake Oh, love is God's mistake
Kill love (Orzabal/Griffiths)
Same old song going round and around It's not where I'm at, it's just where I have found myself Still the sounds keep the wolves from the door This is my song Kill love now - don't be pure, don't be kind Kill love now - for your own peace of mind Kill love, kill love These are the days of futures by design So does your faith give you powers of immunity? I don't care if you're right or I'm wrong This is your life Kill love now - don't be pure, don't be kind Kill love now - for your own peace of mind Kill love, kill love Kill love, kill love Buffalo standing, buffalo standing ...
PART E (The vision)
Day by day by day by day by day (Orzabal/Griffiths)
Cut out the crap you know you want to relate Day by day by day by day by day Don't want to eat your problems like a piece of cake Day by day by day by day by day
Out of the frying pan in to the fire I've got a plan that can make your day Out of the dungeons and down to the wire You've got to learn how to make love pay
Don't need no friend to tell you how to fuck your head Day by day by day by day by day Taking account of nothing leaves you in the red Day by day by day by day by day
Breaking your bones is a sign ot the times You've got a soul that has been force-fed Climbing up walls to the end of the line These are the tracks that are in your head
Out of the frying pan in to the fire I've got a plan that can make your day Out of the dungeons and down to the wire You've got to learn how to make love pay
Day by day by day by day by day
Hey Andy! (Orzabal)
God played dice and called you home Just to let you know you're not alone Hey Andy! Darkness creeps against your skin Like the tide rolling in Hey Andy! Incomplete if we ever stop We're gonna climb the walls and reach the top More alive than we've ever been Don't get your fingers caught in my machine Take your time and take your chance Don't be fooled by circumstance Wrap things up in dreams of glory 'Cos when I die you'll be waiting for me All your lives add up to nine When you made your bed I made mine Hey Andy! Seventeen ways to cleanse your soul We'll let time take its toll Hey Andy! Incomplete if we ever stop We're gonna climb the walls and reach the top More alive than we've ever been Don't get your fingers caught in my machine Take your time and take your chance Don't be fooled by circumstance Wrap things up in dreams of glory 'Cos when I die you'll be waiting for me
PART F (The world)
Elemental (Orzabal/Griffiths)
This race is already run Get off your horse, get on this train "Welcome to the real world" I said, "Welcome to the real world" Are we rushing like the wind? Naked out and naked in "Welcome to the free world" I said, "Welcome to the me world" Are we rushing like the wind?
Put your lovin' arms around
Did you lose your faith in God, no? Does your conscience always get you down? Fall to pieces, rough and tumble Does your conscience always get you down?
These days it's all in the mind It's elemental Don't say your up when your down It's elemental
Put your lovin' arms around This your new year's resolution Put your lovin' arms around Nothing doing revolution Put your lovin' arms around
Take another leap in the dark With a humble heart Do yourself some good What did you become? Patience, be sure Baby, baby
These days it's all in the mind It's elemental Don't say your up when your down It's elemental
Under ether (Orzabal/Griffiths)
Someone said the world was under ether Better bet your bottom dollar Better bet your bottom dollar That before your eyes we turn to dust Bodies rearranged
Someone said the world was all but dried out Read it on the walls around you Waiting for the paint to dry Well, you might not have to wait very long Talk about it, think about it, hey
Ether stole your thoughts while you were sleeping Came in through an open window Looking for an open mind And it wiped that smile right off your face
Rock' n roll radiate Talk about it, think about it, hey
Under ether Under ether Under ether
Talk about it, think about it, hey Think about it
Under ether ...
Standing on the corner of the third world (Orzabal)
Man, I never slept so hard I never dreamt so well Dreaming, I was safe in life Like mussels in a shell Rolling and controlling all the basements and the backroads of our lives Fill their dreams with big fast cars Fill their heads with sand Holy white we'll paint the town The colour of our flag Hey there little lady has your baby got the look of some old man? Standing on the corner of the third world Hungry men will close their minds Ideas are not their food Notions fall on stony ground Where passions are subdued Colour all the madness for the madness is the thorn that's in our side Standing on the corner of the third world When we gonna learn? Who we gonna turn to? The promises they make The call for attention Compassion is the fashion Free to earn, our pockets burn We buy for love Die for love Hold me I'm crying Hold me I'm dying
PART G (The resolution)
Maybe our days are numbered (Orzabal/Griffiths)
Maybe our days are numbered Maybe I want you back Maybe these words are empty Maybe I don't mind if you see someone else
ah, are we going against the grain again ah, are we growing up against the grain
You're building those walls around you I no longer see the light that shined so bright You build but you can't afford to so I ask if I can stay with you tonight
ah, are we going against the grain again ah, are we growing up against the grain
Maybe our days are numbered Maybe I want you back
ah, are we going against the grain again ah, are we growing up against the grain |