1. |
We Rise Each Day
03:04
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We Rise Each Day (originally Subterfuge)
So, we rise each day in the morning
to the tune of the same old song.
And all the people put on their pretty faces
to become part of the throng.
Then you put on your shell that your supposed to be
and forget what you really are.
Then we enter the glut of the human void
in the heat of the Central Star.
Our minds all melt together
into one big robot mind.
So we can pass away the hours
now that we're deaf and dumb and blind.
And the day fades away into darkness
but the end never comes to soon.
And the world turns to dust as you shed your crust
in the mist of the pale blue moon.
That's when I sneak out into the still of night
While the whole worlds fast asleep.
I'm just a wondering what it's all about
so I search for what I seek.
I make my way toward the hilltop
and that outpost hideaway,
as I think about the mass distress
that protrudes on every day.
I arrive at the 'Shroud of the Silent'
where they're hung on a different tune.
And they dream about tomorrow
In the mist of the pale blue moon...
...in the mist of the pale blue moon.
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2. |
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I Don't Have To Be Any Certain Way (formerly 'Sung to Sol')
Verse:
I don't know what you're trying to say to me.
Why can't you, just let me be?
Sometimes I think I will never be free.
You've carved out your claim in my mind.
Bridge:
The same thing happens to me every day,
but I'm not broken by the things you say.
And I don't have to be any certain way.
I won't be captured by the jails you make.
Refrain:
Can't you see that we're all the same?
We don't need these reigns,
On our hearts.
You bend minds of children,
and never set 'em straight.
Don't you know that this just can't go on?
Verse:
The force is strong but the strong survive.
It's power's weak where there's will inside.
Yes, you can make monsters of men,
but, I'll be no slave to thee!
Bridge:
The same thing happens to me every day,
but I'm not broken by the things you say.
And I don't have to be any certain way.
I won't be captured by the jails you make.
Refrain:
Can't you see that we're all the same?
We don't need these reigns,
On our hearts.
You bend minds of children,
and never set 'em straight.
Don't you know that this just can't go on?
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3. |
The Moon In The Sea
05:43
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The Moon In The Sea
The breakers
on the water
tell the story
of time...
...of time.
As the moonlight
dances madly
through the brine
in a million different ways...
...every night.
I see the sun
in the moon
and in the sea
in my eye
in that deeper part of me.
The firefly
in my lantern
is a symbol
of plight...
...of plight.
Trapped inside her
missed his calling
to fly
into the night...
...to shine his light.
So I release him
to his journey...
...to his journey
...to his journey
And his tailight
is reflecting
on the sea
With the moon...
... for a while.
Oh, but I can't so easily
find a simple answer
to all the problems I have seen.
But I can see the sun
in the moon
and in the sea
in my eye
in that deeper part of me.
So I guess there's hope...
...I guess there's hope.
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4. |
Outsiders
03:36
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Outsiders
We're students of
The other school.
And it seems we left out
By your point of view.
Never did care much
for your 'magic rule',
Your condescending,
Your bad attitude.
Won't you tell me what's an arm worth
If your hands are tied?
Tell me what life means
If your dreams have died?
Just because we got left out
By 'you know who',
Don't you ever believe
It means we're through.
We're the Outsiders;
You'll never divide us.
We're the Outsiders;
The "born, lived, and died"ers.
We're the Outsiders;
Don't care what you say -
We're the Outsiders.
I'd try to see things your way
If I thought you knew,
If I though you really cared
What's right or true.
I know that all you care about
Is who's paid their dues.
Really doesn't matter
It's really nothing new,
'Cause sooner or later
You'll see things like I do.
We're the Outsiders;
You'll never divide us.
We're the Outsiders;
The "born, lived, and died"ers.
We're the Outsiders;
Don't care what you say -
We're the Outsiders.
[Instrumental Strife]
We're the Outsiders -ahh -ohh -ohh
We're the Outsiders -ahh -ohh -ohh
We're the Outsiders -ahh -ohh -ohh
We're the Outsiders -ahh -ohh -ohh
[Fade Out]
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5. |
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Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't
[Nightclub background noise]
It ain't what you do but how you do it.
It ain't what you say but what you do.
It ain't what you know but who you know.
It ain't who you know but who you are.
So, if it's damned if you do
And damned if you don't
Then do what you damn
And don't what you won't.
Brother am I burning in your eyes?
They say 'judge not and be not judged'.
But they say that to judge somebody
Who's usually just been judging them.
So, if it's damned if you do
And damned if you don't
Then do what you damn
And don't what you won't.
[MC] Hit it Slider!
[Cameo by 'Slider']
Do what you damn
Do what you damn well choose.
Do what you damn
Do what you damn
Do what you want to do.
[MC] Oh No...
[Slider continues]
Do what you damn
Do what you damn
Do what you damn well choose.
Do what you damn
Do what you damn
Do what you supposed/want to do.
[MC] Kill it Slider.
Everybody's looking for a bigger piece o' that
Same old pie.
Some say mine is yours and yours is mine.
Some they say, "Let's make the whole thing bigger!"
And others say, "That's 'pie in the sky'."
So if it's damned if you do
And damned if you don't
Then do what you damn
And don't what you won't.
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6. |
Go With The Flow
05:37
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Go With The Flow
[Chaos Intro - optional]
Rock heavy!
Go with the Action.
Go with the Flow!
Rock heavy!
Go with the Action.
Go with the Flow!
Like the man said to his friend in the park,
"You've got to Fit It."
Like the tree sings through the next of the lark;
You've got to Fit It.
Like a train signal ahead in the dark...
You've got to Fit It.
Like a brain signal treading the mark:
You've got to Fit It.
Rock heavy!
Go with the Action.
Go with the Flow!
Rock heavy!
Go with the Action.
Go with the Flow!
Rock heavy!
Go with the Action.
Go with the Flow!
Rock heavy!
Go with the Action.
Go with the Flow!
Rock heavy!
Go with the Action.
Go with the Flow!
Rock heavy!
Go with the Action.
Go with the Flow!
All I can do is just go with the flow,
And go with the flow
And go with the flow
And go with the flow
And go with the flow wah aii [as if being swept away]
Rock heavy!
Go with the Action.
Go with the Flow!
Rock heavy!
Go with the Action.
Go with the Flow!
Like the man said to his friend in the park,
"You've got to Fit It."
Like the tree sings through the next of the lark;
You've got to Fit It.
Like a train signal ahead in the dark...
You've got to Fit It.
Like a brain signal treading the mark:
You've got to Fit It.
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7. |
Celluloid Robots
03:50
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Celluloid Robots
Is your next stop desperation
Or will you go for the rope?
Will you be fooled by the 'good life'
Or will you follow your soul?
Get with the program!
When you're not with it
You're smile is frown.
When you're not ready
That's when you're found.
Mesmerized by the static,
You tend to stay on
The same frequency.
And though you try
You can't find the answer.
So it seems
You're stuck in this game.
Makes no sense
Being pulled through the ashes
Of someone else's
Conflagration.
Get with the program!
When you're not with it
You're smile is frown.
When you're not ready
That's when you're found.
Celluloid Robots;
They're winding around.
Celluloid Robots;
We're winding them down.
Get with the program!
Celluloid Robots;
They're winding around.
Celluloid Robots;
We're winding them down.
Will you be warriors
Or will you be slaves?
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8. |
Crosswinds of Time
03:36
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Crosswinds Of Time
Woke up Monday morning
with a question in my ear;
"Does anybody know
just what we're doing here?"
I think too much about it
Still the answer is unclear,
So I'll answer that tomorrow.
Caught in the crosswinds of Time -
I see life rushing away;
I have no choice I move ahead.
Caught in the crosswinds of Time -
Does tomorrow change my mind
into a place I've never been?
Seems that those who claim to have
Some private line on truth
Are certainly the ones who don't know.
Is there method to my madness?
Is there reason to my rhyme?
Is Life and endless circle?
Caught in the crosswinds of Time -
I see life rushing away;
I have no choice I move ahead.
Caught in the crosswinds of Time -
Does tomorrow change my mind
into a place I've never been?
[Instrumental Break]
Caught in the crosswinds of Time -
I see life rushing away;
I have no choice I move ahead.
Caught in the crosswinds of Time -
Does tomorrow change my mind
into a place I've never been?
O-o-o-o-o
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9. |
High On Life
07:24
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High On Life
Looking out on a troubled world
Get so wrapped up in misfortune.
It gets so easy to forget
Just what we've got going here.
Ooh Ooh, won't you make me
High on Life?
Don't you know that happiness
Could surely abound here?
Ooh Ooh won't you make me
High on the Love,
That runs so deep beyond
The forest of dark fear?
Oh, and it's gonna be alright.
We're gonna make it through the night.
Ooh Ooh, won't you make me
High on Life?
Don't you know that happiness
Could surely abound here?
Ooh Ooh won't you make me
High on the Love,
That runs so deep beyond
The forest of dark fear?
Oh, and it's gonna be alright.
We're gonna make it through the night.
Ah-ah-ah, Oh-oh-oh, Uoo-uoo-uoo - Aum!
Hallelujah!
Ooh Ooh, won't you make me
High on Life?
Don't you know that happiness
Could surely abound here?
Ooh Ooh won't you make me
High on the Love,
That runs so deep beyond
The forest of dark fear?
Oh, and it's gonna be alright.
We're gonna make it through the night.
Sit and listen
To the sounds
Of a different wind.
Coming stronger,
Coming farther,
From a place that has no end.
Ooh, like a train
coming around the bend.
Just like a long lost friend.
When the wind gets quiet
In the eye of the storm
You know we're coming home.
Don't listen
To fools who say 'for naught';
No reason
To waste your time on double-talk.
The choice is not to say,
or imagine 'the choice' -
You've got to be!
I thank you God
For the Life that you've
Given me.
I'm sorry 'bout the cursers
They just curse their lives away...
Ah, Oh, Ooh, Uh Aum.
Hallelujah.
Hallelujah!
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10. |
Power Surge
05:20
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Power Surge
Effortlessly I exert
Into the Portal of Desire,
Which had been diminished.
Excitation in controlled response
Radiates
From what would have been myself.
Feel the power surge.
Feel the power surge -
Flowing through my nerves.
Feel the power surge -
Flowing through my nerves,
Flowing through my veins,
Flowing through my brain.
[Instrumental/Guitar Solo 1]
Feel the power surge.
Feel the power surge -
Flowing through my nerves.
Feel the power surge -
Flowing through my nerves,
Flowing through my veins,
Flowing through my brain.
[Instrumental/Guitar Solo 2]
Feel the power surge.
Feel the power surge.
Feel the power surge -
Flowing through my nerves,
Flowing through my veins,
Flowing through my brain.
[Instrumental/Guitar Solo 3 - fade solo]
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11. |
All Systems Go
06:09
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All Systems Go
Nowhere says a house has to be a home.
We venture sometimes to realms unknown.
[Background] Don't look back...
[Main] In Life we strive towards a culmination.
[Background] Now I'm free...
[Main] I won't miss out by a blink in concentration.
Moreover we have found some things out on the road.
And now we know the meaning of the new and of old.
Subterfuge... All Systems Go.
No situational gravity - yeyah.
No strings attached - holding me, yeah!
My heart is still with indignation.
I have no fear in excitation.
All Systems Go!
All Systems Go!
[Instrumental - representing the battle to escape earth and fight the planetary defenses]
[Background] Now I'm free - I'm free!
[Main] I look at earth with resignation.
Full speed ahead, damn all reservations.
[Fading away]
All Systems Go.
All Systems Go.
All Systems Go.
All Systems Go.
All Systems Go.
All Systems Go.
All Systems Go.
All Systems Go.
All Systems Go.
All Systems Go.
All Systems Go.
All Systems Go.
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