You and i
Long to live like the wind upon the water.
If we close our eyes, we'll maybe realize
There's more to life than what we have known.
And i can't believe i've spent so long
Living lies i know were wrong inside,
I've just begun to see the light.

Long ago there was a dream,
Had to make a choice or two.
Leaving all i loved behind,
For what nobody knew.
Stepped out on the stage, a life
Under lights and judging eyes.
Now the applause has died and i
Can dream again...

Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone that sees what's going on?
Read between the lines,
Criticize the words they're selling.
Think for yourself and feel the walls
Become sand beneath your feet

Feel the breeze?
Time's so near you can almost taste the freedom.
There's a warm wind from the south.
Hoist the sail and we'll be gone,
By morning this will all seem like a dream.
And if you don't return to sing the song,
Maybe just as well.
I've seen the news and there's
Not much i can do...alone

Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone who smiles without a mask?
What's behind the words--images
They know will please us?
I'll take what's real. bring up the lights.

Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone that sees what's going on?
Read between the lines,
Criticize the words they're selling.
Think for yourself and feel the walls...
Become sand beneath your feet.




Breaking The Silence


They told me to run, but just how far?
Can i go wearing the black mask of fear?
The hate in my eyes always gives me away
The tension building slowly
Now i lost everything i had in you
Nothing we shared means a thing
Without you close to me
I can't live without you
Breaking the silence of the night
Can't you hear me screaming?
I look for your face in the neon light
You never answer me
There's no direction to my stare
No more flame burning in my heart anymore
Quiet, i keep it to myself
Until the sun sets slowly
I hear your voice in the evening rain calling
Nothing will keep us apart
No more lies and fear
There's no end to our story
Breaking the silence of the night
Can't you hear me screaming?
I look for your face in the neon light
You never answer
I could make all the wrong seem right
If you were by my side
I'd gather all the tears you cried
And hide them deep underground
Can't look back, it's just a waste of time
Can't erase this hate from my eyes
Breaking the silence of the night
Through the streets i'm screaming
Looking for you in the neon light
Why don't you answer me?
Breaking the silence with my cries
Can't you hear me screaming?
We could make all this wrong seem right
But you never answer me




Eyes Of A Stranger


[ page ]: dr. david, telephone please. dr. david
Dr. blair, dr. blair, dr. j. hamilton, dr. j hamilton
All alone now
Except for the memories
Of what we had and what we knew
Everytime i try to leave it behind me
I see something that reminds me of you
Every night the dreams return to haunt me
Your rosary wrapped around your throat
I lie awake and sweat, afraid to fall asleep
I see your face looking back at me
And i raise my head and stare
Into the eyes of a stranger
I've always known that the mirror never lies
People always turn away
From the eyes of a stranger
Afraid to know what
Lies behind the stare
Is this all that's left
Of my life before me
Straight jacket memories, sedative highs
No happy ending like they've always promised
There's got to be something left for me
And i raise my head and stare
Into the eyes of a stranger
I've always known that the mirror never lies
People always turn away
From the eyes of a stranger
Afraid to know what
Lies behind the stare [lies behind my stare]
How many times must i live this tragedy
How many more lies will they tell me
All i want is the same as everyone
Why am i here, and for how long
And i raise my head and stare
Into the eyes of a stranger
I've always known that the mirror never lies
People always turn away
From the eyes of a stranger
Afraid to know what
Lies behind the stare



Hand On Heart


Chris degarmo, geoff tate, michael wilton
All eyes were staring you floated through the room.
Armed with your razor smile cutting to the bone.
My voice fell useless you flashed a quick hello.
Feeling the fool, could you tell it showed?
But that was sometime ago.,
A memory vague and fading slow,
Of somewhere i'd been.
Hand on heart.
Apromise, a word, and a voice.
Hand on heart.
A rhythm of hope and choice will keep us together.
I don't know know if i can reach that high.
It's a long way to fall.
Hauntingly holding my fate, with a gaze.
Like a child mesmerized by the candle's flame.
Oh what lies behind those eyes, i could only guess.
That certain way you stood apart from all the rest.
Now where is sometime ago?
When everything moved in slow - mo-tion.
Caught by my watering eye.
* hand on heart.
A promise, a word and a voice.
Hand on heart.
A rhythm of hope, and a vision of choice.
Hand on heart.
Promising i'll never go.
Hand on heart.
For reasons you'll never know.
Together through thick and thin.
Lose or win, i'll be there for you.
Strange how the mind changes time and time again.
Things once important, now pale in comparison.
*
I promise girl, hand on heart.



I Will Remember


There's a cold wind out tonight
The chill of distant eyes
An orbit survey finds... your mind

I will remember
You will remember
The star that came tonight...

There's a thought that fills your mind
A vision of time
When knowledge was confined
And then we wonder how machines
Can steal each other's dreams
From points that are unseen...it's real

I will remember
You will remember
The star that came tonight

When you gaze at the evening sky
And you're reaching out with your mind
You might see the nation's eyes
Don't hide...it's you

I will remember
You will remember
The star that came tonight
Oh can't you see the light
Of the knowing star



One


.in my life, giving me hope and the new start that i have.
I won't let go, gotta make the grade.
No, i won't let it go
To be the best man, the best man that i can.
Step by step i dream the plan from my chair to walking man.
This constant dream is on my mind. chase the light i see ahead.
Luminate the path i tread.
I live to be the best i can.
Now i'm moving forward and i'm never looking back.
Straight ahead, focused on the big attack.
On a roll and i'm never showing down.
I won't be torn between the man in the chair and the man that's in my dream.
I'm going to melt the two men into one.
I won't let go, gotta make the grade i set.
No, i won't let it go to be the best man,
The best man that i can.




Revolution Calling


For a price i'd do anything
Except pull the trigger
For that i need a pretty good cause
Then i heard of dr. x
The man with the cure
Just watch the television
You'll see there's something going on

Got no love for politicians
Or that crazy scene in d.c.
It's just a power mad town
But the time is ripe for changes
There's a growing feeling
That taking a chance on a new kind of vision is due

I used to trust the media
To tell me the truth, tell us the truth
But now i've seen the payoffs
Everywhere i look
Who do you trust when everyone's a crook?

Chorus
Revelution calling
Revolution calling
Revolution calling you
Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Gotta make a change
Gota push, gotta push it on through

I'm tired of all this bullshit
They keep selling me on tv
About thte communist plan
And all the shady preachers
Begging for my cash
Swiss bank accounts while giving their
Secretaries the slam
They're all in penthouse now
Or playboy magazine
Million dollar stories to tell
I guess warhol wasn't wrong
Fame fifteen minutes long
Everyon'es using everybody, making the sale

I used to think
That only america's way, way was right
But now the holy dollar rules everybody's lives
Gotta make a million doesn't matter who dies

Chorus

I used to trust the media
To tell me the truth, tell us the truth
But now i've seen the payoffs
Everywhere i look
Who do you trust when everyone's a crook

Chorus





Silent Lucidity


Hush now, don't you cry
Wipe away the teardrop from your eye
You're lying safe in bed
It was all a bad dream
Spinning in your head
Your mind tricked you to feel the pain
Of someone close to you leaving the game of life
So here it is, another chance
Wide awake you face the day
Your dream is over... or has it just begun?

There's a place i like to hide
A doorway that i run through in the night
Relax child, you were there
But only didn't realize it and you were scared
It's a place where you will learn
To face your fears, retrace the years
And ride the whims of your mind
Commanding in another world
Suddenly you hear and see
This magic new dimension

I- will be watching over you
I- am gonna help you see it through
I- will protect you in the night
I- am smiling next to you, in silent lucidity

-spoken during solo-
[visualize your dream]
[record it in the present tense]
[put it into a permanent form]
[if you persist in your efforts]
[you can achieve dream control]
[dream control]
[how's that then, better?]
[hug me]

If you open your mind for me
You won't rely on open eyes to see
The walls you built within
Come tumbling down, and a new world will begin
Living twice at once you learn
You're safe from the pain in the dream domain
A soul set free to fly
A round trip journey in your head
Master of illusion, can you realize
Your dream's alive, you can be the guide but...

I- will be watching over you
I- am gonna help to see it through
I- will protect you in the night
I- am smiling next to you....



Speak


They've given me a mission
I don't really know the game yet
I'm bent on submission
Religion is to blame
I'm the new messiah
Death angel with gun
Dangerous in my silence
Deadly to my cause

Chorus
Speak to me the pain you feel
Speak the word
The word is all of us

I've given my life to become what i am
To preach the new beginning
To make you understand
To reach some point of order
Utopia in mind, you've got to learn
To sacrifice, to leave what's now behind

Chorus

Seven years of power
The corporation claw
The rich control the government, the media the law
To make some kind of difference
Then everyone must know
Eradicate the fascists, revolution will grow

The system we learn says we're equal under law
But the streets are reality, the weak and poor will fall
Let's tip the power balance and tear down the crown
Educate the masses, we'll burn the white house down

Chorus



The Thin Line


Chris degarmo, geoff tate, michael wilton
Another hungry look in her eyes again.
Pacing the floor, the hunt begins.
Skin-tight leather provides my pleasure.
Wake my fear, surge with the pressure.
Walk away and leave forever, do i dare?
Raise my eyes, she stands.
Holding out healing hands... are you happy now?
I walk the thin line for you,
Do just what you say to, with fear as my friend,
I walk the thin line one more time for you.
Addictive face pretending,
Don't speak the word.
Forbidden sin relenting,
I barely heard... screams of entry blur my vision.
Wake my fear of divine intervetion,
Crawl away and bleed forever,
If you dare.
Hand on mouth the game goes on.
Love, our stage to play upon.
Are you happy now?
I walk the thin line for you,
Do just what you say to.
With fear as my friend i walk the thin one more time for you.
I walk the thin line for you,
Do just what you say to.
I walk the thin line for you,
Do just what you say to,
With fear as my friend i walk the thin line one more time for you