Images and Words
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Pull Me Under
08 : 11
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Another Day
04 : 22
3
Take the Time
08 : 21
4
Surrounded
05 : 28
5
MetropolisāPart I āThe Miracle and the Sleeperā
09 : 30
6
Under a Glass Moon
07 : 02
7
Wait for Sleep
02 : 31
8
Learning to Live
11 : 30
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Track Lyrics
Pull Me Under Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Lost in the sky
Clouds roll by and I roll with them
Arrows fly
Seas increase and then fall again
[Pre-Chorus 1]
This world is spinning around me
This world is spinning without me and
Every day sends future to past
Every breath leaves me one less to my last
[Verse 2]
Watch the sparrow falling
Gives new meaning to it all
If not today nor yet tomorrow
Then some other day
I'll take seven lives for one
And then my only father's son
As sure as I did ever love him
I am not afraid!
[Pre-Chorus 2]
This world is spinning around me
The whole world keeps spinning around me
And all life is future to past
Every breath leaves me one less to my last
[Chorus 1]
Pull me under, pull me under!
Pull me under, I'm not afraid
All that I feel is honor and spite
All I can do is to set it right
[Verse 3]
Dust fills my eyes!
Clouds roll by and I roll with them
Centuries cry!
Orders fly and I fall again
[Pre-Chorus 3]
This world is spinning inside me
The whole world is spinning inside of me
Every day sends future to past
Every step brings me closer to my last
[Chorus 2]
Pull me under, pull me under!
Pull me under, I'm not afraid
Living my life too much in the sun
Only until your will is done
[Instrumental Bridge 1]
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus 1]
Pull me under, pull me under
Pull me under, I'm not afraid
All that I feel is honor and spite
All I can do is to set it right
[Chorus 2]
Pull me under, pull me under
Pull me under, I'm not afraid
Living my life too much in the sun
Only until your will is done
[Instrumental Bridge 2]
[Outro]
Oh, that this too
Too solid flesh
Would melt
Another Day Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Live another day
Climb a little higher
Find another reason to stay
Ashes in your hands
Mercy in your eyes
If you're searching for a silent sky...
[Chorus]
You won't find it here
Look another way
You won't find it here
So die another day
[Saxophone Break]
[Verse 2]
The coldness of his words
The message in his silence
"Face the candle to the wind..."
This distance in my voice
Isn't leaving you a choice
So if you're looking for a time to run away...
[Chorus]
You won't find it here
Look another way
You won't find it here
So try another day
[Bridge]
They took pictures of our dreams
Ran to hide behind the stairs
And said, "Maybe when it's right for you, they'll fall"
But if they don't come down
Resist the need to pull them in and throw them away
Better to save the mystery
Than surrender to the secret, whoa oh
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
You won't find it here
Look another way
You won't find it here
So try another day
[Saxophone Solo]
Surrounded Lyrics
[Intro]
Morning comes too early
And nighttime falls too late
And sometimes all I want to do is wait
The shadow I've been hiding in
Has fled from me today
[Verse 1]
I know it's easier to walk away
Than look it in the eye
But I will raise a shelter to the sky
And here beneath this star tonight I'll lie
She will slowly yield the light
As I awaken from the longest night
[Verse 2]
Dreams are shaking
Set sirens waking up tired eyes
With the light the memories
All rush into his head
By a candle stands a mirror
Of his heart and soul she dances
She was dancing through the night above his bed
[Chorus]
And walking to the window
He throws the shutters out against the wall
And from an ivory tower hears her call
"Let light surround you"
[Bridge]
It's been a long, long time
He's had a while to think it over
In the end he only sees the change
Light to dark
Dark to light
Light to dark
Dark to light
[Verse 3]
Heaven must be more than this
When angels waken with a kiss
Sacred hearts won't take the pain
But mine will never be the same
[Chorus]
He stands before the window
His shadow slowly fading from the wall
And from an ivory tower hears her call
"Let the light surround you"
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 4]
Once lost but I was found
When I heard the stained glass shatter all around me
I sent the spirits tumbling down the hill
But I will hold this one on high above me still
She whispers words to clear my mind
I once could see but now at last I'm blind
[Outro]
I know it's easier to walk away
Than look it in the eye
But I had given all that I could take
And now I've only habits left to break
Tonight I'll still be lying here
Surrounded in all the light
MetropolisāPart I āThe Miracle and the Sleeperā Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro 00:00-01:50]
[Verse 1]
The smile of dawn arrived early May
She carried a gift from her home
The night shed a tear, to tell her of fear
And of sorrow and pain, she'll never outgrow
Death is the first dance, eternal!
There's no more freedom
The both of you will be confined
To this mind
[Verse 2]
I was told there's a miracle for each day that I try
I was told there's a new love that's born for each one that has died
I was told there'd be no one to call on when I feel alone and afraid
I was told if you dream of the next world
You'll find yourself swimming in a lake of fire
As a child, I thought I could live without pain, without sorrow
As a man, I've found it's all caught up with me
I'm asleep, yet I'm so afraid!
[Verse 3]
Somewhere like a scene from a memory (Scene from a memory)
There's a picture worth a thousand words (A thousand words)
Eluding stares the faces before me (Faces before me)
It hides away and will never be heard of again (Never be heard of again)
Deceit is the second without end!
The city's cold blood teaches us to survive
Just keep my heart in your eyes and we'll stay alive
The third arrives!
[Instrumental Break 04:17-08:16]
[Verse 4]
Before the leaves have fallen
Before we lock the doors
There must be the third and last dance
This one will last forever
Metropolis watches and thoughtfully smiles
She's taken you to your home
It can only take place
When the struggle between our children has ended
Now the Miracle and the Sleeper know
That the third is love
Love is the dance of eternity!
Wait for Sleep Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Standing by the window
Eyes upon the moon
Hoping that the memory
Will leave her spirit soon
[Chorus 1]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus 2]
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"
[Outro]
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
Learning to Live Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Intro]
There was no time for pain
No energy for anger
The sightlessness of hatred slips away
Walking through winter streets alone
He stops and takes a breath with confidence and self-control
[Bridge]
I look at the world and see no understanding
I'm waiting to find some sense of strength
I'm begging you from the bottom of my heart
To show me understanding
[Verse 1]
I need to live life
Like some people never will
So find me kindness
Find me beauty
Find me truth
When temptation brings me to my knees
And I lay here drained of strength
Show me kindness
Show me beauty
Show me truth
[Verse 2]
The way your heart sounds
Makes all the difference
It's what decides if you'll endure
The pain that we all feel
The way your heart beats
Makes all the difference
In learning to live
Here before me is my soul
I'm learning to live
I won't give up 'til I've no more to give
No more to give!
[Bridge]
Listening to the city
Whispering its violence
I set out watching from above
The 90s bring new questions
New solutions to be found
I fell in love to be let down
[Verse 3]
Once again we dance in the crowd
At times a step away
From a common fear that's all spread out
It won't listen to what you say
Once you're touched you stand alone
To face the bitter fight
Once I reached for love
And now I reach for life
[Verse 4]
Another chance to lift my life
Free the sensation in my heart
To ride the wings of dreams
Into changing horizons
It brings inner peace within my mind
As I'm lifted from where I've spilt my life
I hear an innocent voice
I hear kindness, beauty and truth
[Instrumental Break]
[Outro]
The way your heart sounds
Makes all the difference
It's what decides if you'll endure
The pain that we all feel
The way your heart beats
Makes all the difference
In learning to live
Spread before you is your soul
So forever hold the dreams within our hearts
Through nature's inflexible grace
I'm learning to live