ATROCITY EXHIBITION

Asylums with doors open wide
Where people could pay to see inside
For entertainment they watch his body twist
Behind his eyes he says I still exist
This is the way, step inside --
In arenas he kills for a prize
Wins a minute to add to his life
But the sickness is drowned by cries for more
Pray to God, make it quick - watch him fall
This is the way, step inside --
You'll see the horrors of a faraway place
Meet the architects of law face to face
See mass murder on a scale you've never seen
And all the ones who try hard to succeed
This is the way, step inside --
And I picked on the whims of a thousand more
Still pursuing the path that's been buried for years
All the dead wood from jungles and cities on fire,
Can't replace or relate, can't release or repair.
Take my hand, and I'll show you what was and will be....


ISOLATION

In fear every day, every evening
He calls her aloud from above
Carefully watched for a reason
Painstaking devotion and love
Surrendered to self-preservation
From others who care for themselves
A blindness that touches perfection
But hurts just like anything else
Isolation --
Mother I tried, please believe me
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm ashamed of the things I've been put through
I'm ashamed of the person I am
Isolation --
But if you could just see the beauty
These things I could never describe
Of pleasures and wayward distractions
Is this my wonderful prize?
Isolation --


PASSOVER

This is a crisis I knew had to come - destroying the balance I'd kept
Doubting, unsettling and turning around - wondering what will come next
Is this the role that you wanted to live - I was foolish to ask for so much
Without the protection and infancy's guard - it all falls apart at the first
touch
Watching the reel as it comes to a close - brutally taking its time
People who change for no reason at all - it's happening all of the time
Can I go on with this train of events - disturbing and purging my mind
Back out of my duties, when all's said and done
I know that I'll lose every time
Moving along in our God given ways - safety is sat by the fire
Sanctuary from these feverish smiles - left with a mark on the door
Is this the gift that I wanted to give - forgive and forget's what they
teach
Or pass through the deserts and wastelands once more
And watch as they drop by the beach
This is a crisis I knew had to come - destroying the balance I'd kept
Turning around to the next set of lives - wondering what will come next


COLONY

A cry for help, a hint of anaesthesia
The sound from broken homes - we used to always meet here
As he lays asleep she takes him in her arms
Some things I have to do, but I don't mean you harm
A worried parent's glance, a kiss, a last goodbye
Hands him the bag she packed - a tear she tries to hide
A cruel wind that bows down to our lunacy
And leaves him standing cold here in this colony
I can't see why all these confrontations
I can't see why all these dislocations
No family life, this makes me feel uneasy
Stood alone here in this colony
In this colony --
God in his wisdom took you by the hand
God in his wisdom made you understand --
In this colony --


A MEANS TO AN END

A legacy so far removed - one day will be improved
Eternal rights we left behind - we were the better kind
Two the same, set free too - I always looked to you --
We fought for good, stood side by side - our friendship never died
On stranger ways, the lows and highs - our vision touched the skies
Immortalists with points to prove - I put my trust in you --
A house somewhere on foreign soil, where ageing lovers call
Is this your goal, your final needs, where dogs and vultures eat?
Committed still, I turn to go - I put my trust in you --
In you, in you, in you - put my trust in you, in you


HEART AND SOUL

Instincts that can still betray us
A journey that leads to the sun
Soulless and bent on destruction
A struggle between right and wrong
You take my place in the showdown
I'll observe with a pitiful eye
I'd humbly ask for forgiveness
A request well beyond you and I
Heart and soul, one will burn --
An abyss that laughs at creation
A circus complete with all fools
Foundations that lasted the ages
Then ripped apart at their roots
Beyond all this good is the terror
The grip of a mercenary hand
When savagery turns on good reason
There's no turning back, no last stand
Heart and soul, one will burn --
Existence - well what does it matter
I exist on the best terms I can
The past is now part of my future
The present is well out of hand --
Heart and soul, one will burn --
One will burn, one will burn
Heart and soul, one will burn


TWENTY FOUR HOURS

So this is permanence - love's shattered pride
What once was innocence, turned on its side
A cloud hangs over me, marks every move
Deep in the memory of what once was love
Oh how I've realized, how I wanted time
Put into perspective, tried so hard to find
Just for one moment I thought I'd found my way
Destiny unfolded - I watched it slip away
Excessive flashpoints, beyond all reach
Solitary demands for all I'd like to keep
Let's take a ride out, see what we can find
A valueless collection of hopes and past desires
I never realized the lengths I'd have to go
All the darkest corners of a sense I didn't know
Just for one moment I heard someone call
Looked beyond the day in hand - there's nothing there at all
Now that I've realized how it's all gone wrong
Got to find some therapy - this treatment takes too long
Deep in the heart of where sympathy held sway
Got to find my destiny before it gets too late


THE ETERNAL

Procession moves on, the shouting is over
Praise to the glory of loved ones now gone
Talking aloud as they sit round their tables
Scattering flowers washed down by the rain
Stood by the gate at the foot of the garden
Watching them pass like clouds in the sky
Try to cry out in the heat of the moment
Possessed by a fury that burns from inside
Cry like a child, though these years make me older
With children my time is so wastefully spent
Burden to keep, though their inner communion
Accept like a curse an unlucky deal
Played by the gate at the foot of the garden
My view stretches out from the fence to the wall
No words could explain, no actions determine
Just watching the trees and the leaves as they fall


DECADES

Here are the young men, a weight on their shoulders
Here are the young men, well where have they been?
We knocked on doors of Hell's darker chambers
Pushed to the limits, we dragged ourselves in
Watched from the wings as the scenes were replaying
We saw ourselves now as we never had seen
Portrayal of the traumas and degeneration
The sorrows we suffered and never were free
Where have they been --
Weary inside, now our heart's lost forever
Can't replace the fear or the thrill of the chase
each ritual showed up the door for our wanderings
Opened and shut, then slammed in our face
Where have they been --

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