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The Judge and the Jury
04:59
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So you caught a glimpse
Of the face behind the mask
You had some visions in a crystal ball
Saw the chasms etched into someone’s palm
The hand was gripped so tightly ’round a gavel shaft
And the hammer strike
Drove me back down
“Right where I belong” (hahaha)
I couldn’t see you through the tears in my eyes
Hit the breaks in the headlights’ glare
At the last second
I turned around, you wouldn’t care
You’d only wonder what I’d been doin’ there
You are the judge
You are the jury
The verdict’s out and now I’ve got to face the fury
You are the judge
You are the jury
I’ve been convicted, now I’ve got to face the fury, hey, oh no…
I lie awake at night
In the calm before the storm
Burning my prayer flags to catch your eye
Sending signals that I never lost faith
But in the echoes of a flaming ghost
I heard you say
I heard the truth for what it was;
“YOU ARE GUILTY OF WHAT YOU ACCUSE!” Oh…
I couldn’t see you through the wind and the rain
Staring out across the lonely pier
At the last second
I held tight, you wouldn’t cry
You wouldn’t even want to say goodbye
You are the judge
You are the jury
The verdict’s out and now I’ve got to face the fury
You are the judge
You are the jury
I’ve been convicted, now I’ve got to face the fury, hey, oh no…
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Consensual
03:54
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So you claim it’s consensual
Come to be nearly ritual
You seem to have not a care at all
On a stage international
Whose truth’s situational
You behave like a criminal
But in the West End
What you sow, you rend
Like a day in Galapagos
You came, you saw
You conquered, you go
This fun and guile
It’s got to be wrong!
At first you were cynical
To break from the traditional
And move beyond the sensual
The message is subliminal
Now it’s become medicinal
Your beliefs belie your principles
In the West End
What you sow, you rend
Like a day in Galapagos
You came, you saw
You conquered, you go
This fun and guile
It’s got to be wrong!
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Unearthed
03:44
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Once upon a nightmare of surrender
Sweet libation, scarlet, never to heal
Caught between a Scylla and Charybdis
I discovered nothing, nothing is sure
Something was unearthed
Something within me (These eyes unsheathed)
Something was unearthed
Something was meant to be
Far from all the comforts so familiar
Fear, dying, trying, try to endure
He whose knot held fastened soon was vanquished
Kings falling, rising, falling, rising, falling, falling, falling…
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In Silence
03:56
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Two eyes touching the surface of dreams
Two hearts breaking apart at the seams
The yearning, the longing to rip it apart
A claim worth nothing, alone in the dark
Silent passions, the truth has been sold (Be silent!)
Dreams forgotten, denial takes hold (Be silent!)
The seconds, the hours, the nights into years (Be silent!)
Dormant wishes turn hope into fear (In silence…)
She departs and he deceives
In silence
To never return
Will she ever return?
In silence…
Hush-hush burdens and buried regrets (Be silent!)
Lives continue, but never forget (Be silent!)
To censure, to worship – the endless debate (Be silent!)
Who says no mistress is crueler than Fate?? (In silence…)
She departs and he deceives
In silence
To never return
Will she ever return?
In silence…
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5. |
Lost
03:51
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Alone at night, the air is cold
Another day, another lonely soul
Collective fears, misunderstood
Crash! The lights went out for good
The rusted tears dripped from an iron frame
Not long before this civilization’s time came
I lived in a part of town where no one knew my name
Too tired, too lost to play their vicious games…
And the clock strikes once for you
And the clock strikes next for me
And the clock strikes once for you
And the clock strikes back!
(Aaaaaah aaaaah aaaah aaah ah…)
So when I stepped onto the ice
The old man of victory paid his price
Ignoring distant cries of Uncle Sam
That’s just the kind of snake I am
They tried to peg me for another
They tried to take away our brothers
But infrastructure shows its limits
It holds as long as time permits
And the clock strikes once for you
And the clock strikes next for me
And the clock strikes once for you
And the clock strikes back!
(Aaaaaah aaaaah aaaah aaah ah…)
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