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Why, tell me the reasons why
Try, still I don't understand
Will I ever feel this again
Blue sky, I'll meet you in the end
Free them, free the memories of you
Free me, and rest 'til I'm with you
A day like today
My whole world has been changed
Nothing you say
Will help ease my pain
Turn, I'll turn this slowly round
Burn, burn to feel alive again
She, she'd want me to move on
See me, this place I still belong
Give chase, to find more than I have found
And face, this time now on my own
Days disappear
And my world keeps changing
I feel you here
And it keeps me sane
So I'm moving on
I'll never forget
As you lay there and watched me
Accepting the end
I knew you were scared
You were strong, I was trying
I gave you my hand
I said it's okay letting go time to leave here
And I'll carry on
The best that I can without you here beside me
Let him come take you home
I've never been the one to raise my hand
That was not me and now that's who I am
Because of you I am standing tall
My heart is full of endless gratitude
You were the one, the one to guide me through
Now I can see and I believe it's only just beginning
This what we dream about
But the only question with me now
Is do I make you proud
Stronger than I've ever been now
Never been afraid of standing out
But do I make you proud
I guess I've learned, to question is to grow
That you still have faith, is all I need to know
I've learned to love, myself in spite of me
And I've learned to walk, the road that I believe
This what we dream about
but the only question with me now
Is do I make you proud
Stronger than I've ever been now
Never been afraid of standing out
But do I make you proud
Everybody needs to rise up
Everybody needs to be loved
To be loved
This what we dream about
But the only question with me now
Is do I make you proud
Stronger than I've ever been now
Never been afraid of standing out
But do I make you proud
The roses in the window box
Have tilted to one side
Everything about this house
Was born to grow and die
Oh it doesn't seem a year ago
To this very day
You said I'm sorry honey
If I don't change the pace
I can't face another day
And love lies bleeding in my hand
Oh it kills me to think of you with another man
I was playing rock and roll and you were just a fan
But my guitar couldn't hold you
So I split the band
Love lies bleeding in my hands
I wonder if those changes
Have left a scar on you
Like all the burning hoops of fire
That you and I passed through
You're a bluebird on a telegraph line
I hope you're happy now
Well if the wind of change comes down your way girl
You'll make it back somehow
For years and years we waited
And now the time has come
To leave these barren lands
Towards (new) horizons
No matter what has happened
And what was said or done
Words are to be to forgotten
We will roam on!
We cross the gates of darkness
Into the black of night
We don’t fear anybody:
(We) got the second sight
We move a little further
Towards the borderline
Before the dawn of day
Our souls come back to life
And life comes back again
The mission’s to fight to be free again
To stand our ground and to be immortal
This is our mission so here we stand
We have the right to be ourselves again
The mission’s to fight to be free again
They held us down for so long
Our backs against the wall
We didn’t see a future
Did not hear the call
But now that things have changed
Now that our fears are small
We create a vision
(And we) face it - one for all
We cross the gates of darkness
Into the black of night
We don’t fear anybody:
(We) got the second sight
We move a little further
Towards the borderline
Before the dawn of day
Our souls come back to life
And all I see, in front of me
Every step I take is bringing me closer to me!
All that we are is everything we’ve ever been
And what we’ll be is what we are
[Reason] Think hard, you're lying here in a hospital bed
Disregard the emotions inside your head
Concentrate on the real world beyond your mind
It's not to late to leave your burdens behind
[Fear] We won't let you go
Take you down below
Dark crypts of your soul
Locked inside your head...
You're better off dead
[Agony] Locked away, she lives in isolation
It's been that way since he has gone
She's been through life of deprivation
She depends on you, her only son
[Passion] She won't let you go
Keep you down below
Dark crypts of your soul
Locked inside your head
You're better off dead
[Agony] Where are you, can't you hear her calling?
Nothing you can do, you have no time
There's no one there to catch her now she's falling
Why should you care, you're doing fine
[Reason] Now she's at rest, she finally found her peace
There's no need to blame yourself
You must let go or the pain will never cease
It's time to crawl out of your shell
Your mother died, the day your father left
A part of you died as well
Feelings of guilt will haunt you 'til the end
You must fight hard to break this spell
But it hurts...
[Fear] You hear her voice, from beyond her grave
"Where were you, son, when I needed you
Is this your thanks for all the warmth I gave
Did you forget what I've been through?"
Then you hear his voice, cold and merciless
"You worthless fool, you let her die!"
And deep within yourself you must confess
Your ways cannot be justified
[Pride] By now you realise, you have to be relentless to survive
Repress your memories, bury all emotions and thrive!
It's your life!
[Reason] Now she's at rest, she found her peace [Fear] You hear her voice, from the grave [Reason] You must let go or the pain won't cease [Fear] "Is this your thanks for all I gave" [Reason] A part of you died as well [Fear] "You worthless fool, you let her die!" [Reason] It's time to crawl out of your shell [Fear] Your ways cannot be justified
Standing by the window
Eyes upon the moon
Hoping that the memory
Will leave her spirit soon
She shuts the doors and lights
And lays her body on the bed
Where images and words are running deep
She has too much pride to pull the sheets above her head
So quietly she lays and waits for sleep
She stares at the ceiling
And tries not to think
And pictures the chains
She's been trying to link again
But the feeling is gone
And water can't cover her memory
And ashes can't answer her pain
God give me the power to take breath from a breeze
And call life from a cold metal frame
In with the ashes
Or up with the smoke from the fire
With wings up in heaven
Or here, lying in bed
Palm of her hand to my head
Now and forever curled in my heart
And the heart of the world
^The title and subtitle for this song might be inverted, since some sources show otherwise. I'll have the definition for this when my copy of the album arrives.
^Scenes are grouped into two acts: Act 1 comprises scenes One to Five, and scenes Six to Nine form Act 2.
^ abcOn the album, lengths apply to scenes instead of songs. For multisong scenes, lengths are listed as follows:
Scene Two (8:49)
Scene Three (7:51)
Scene Seven (10:00)
^ abcdeBetween some pairs of songs, a transition, counted as negative time prior to the second song, occurs. Here, this transition is considered as an extension of the first song, therefore some of these lengths differ from the ones listed on the album. These are the tracks in which this applies and the listed length for each of them:
The Root of All Evil (8:07)
The Answer Lies Within (5:26)
These Walls (6:59)
Panic Attack (7:16)
Never Enough (6:33)
^This is the first song from the second CD of the album; it is preceded, though, by 49 seconds of flashbacks from the first CD, spanning through eleven tracks. The length listed on the album, which corresponds to the length of the twelfth track (therefore, not including these flashbacks), is 8:59.
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