1. |
Dreaming My Way
03:21
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Four seasons underground
Spinning tales
Wasting away
Screams in ultrasound
Never even saw the light of day
Back in the old schoolyard
We were always scheming
We'd run through the open fields
We were always dreaming our way
Through the undergrowth
Down to the clear, running stream
That was yesterday
Now I'm still dreaming my way
Dreaming my way
Yes, there is more to life
But I don't know the meaning
I see the world and his wife
Looks like I'm still dreaming my way
Dreaming my way
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2. |
In The Beginning
03:13
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Before this tangled web was spun
In flickerings of day
Before this ragged race was run
And we were things of clay
I know that when you stood by me
There wasn't much to say
But I love you
And you love me
And that's how it will stay
If you could see the part of me
That waits for better days
Seal your heart with patience
And free your mind from pain
I know that you will have no doubt
And all will be made plain
But in the meantime
Listen up
And wait for the refrain
Hold me tight
Don't let go
When I'm here
Then you'll know
If I go
Please don't delay
To call me up
It's easier
It's easier that way
Before this tangled web was spun
In flickerings of day
I loved you
And you loved me
And that's how it will stay
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3. |
Prince Of Mud
03:31
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You were chosen
At least you told us so
You were frozen
Under mountains
Under snow
And you rose to be called a prince
In the place that you called home
And you gathered all the people
To your banner of desire
You said you'd make a star of everyone
You can try to lead me anywhere
But I won't follow
'Cause my heart will not be there
You can ride the waves of fortune
In the dreamboat that you won
But the tide of uncertainty
Has turned before your eyes
Left you high and dry in the sun
These are the days of the innocents
The ones disregarded
The broken and downhearted
And these songs are the songs of experience
Of all the lives we've tasted
Not one of them is wasted
No not one
I have been to where your rivers turn to mud
And I have seen you
With your hands all stained with blood
And I've watched you on your warhorse
Proclaiming plans for peace
But the way to the future
Is a road you cannot ride
A path you cannot find
And cannot see
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4. |
A Sacred Place
03:21
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Gently as the falling drops of rain
Remaining when the sun comes out again
With the summer scent of hayfields, wet with dew
I close my eyes and think of you
As I walked along the hedgerows
You were there
Through woods
Across the greensward
I could stare
At the garden where I played when I was small
Where the evergreens once grew so very tall
O, I'd like to be there
Feel the freedom that I had when I was young
Ooh, if I could stay there
Feel alive beneath the warm rays of the sun
I dreamt last night
They turned you inside out
The rooms all bare
Not a soul about
You've changed inside
Wear the same old face
And to me you will remain a sacred place
O, I'd like to be there
Feel the freedom that I had when I was young
Ooh, if I could stay there
Feeling alive beneath the warm rays of the sun
Gently as the falling drops of rain
Remaining when the sun comes out again
With the summer scent of hayfields, wet with dew
I close my eyes and think of you
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5. |
The Kingdom of the Dead
03:42
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In all our stupid games
Beat-up foolish ways
A thread of life remains
The teachings of the soul
Strip us to the bone
Leave us all alone
Into this land will come
The everlasting one
And lead you to your home
The kingdom of the dead
Receding from your head
Has a trail of too much sorrow
To leave it all behind
Is hard if you are blind
To whom you follow
From a myriad of dreams
You waken and it seems
Your fears had never been
The mighty have laid down
Their crosses and their crowns
Upon the hallowed ground
The kingdom of the dead
Receding from your head
Has a trail of too much sorrow
To leave it all behind
Is hard if you are blind
To whom you follow
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6. |
A Green & Pleasant Land?
04:19
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Lyrics
O where has our kingdom all gone?
The green grass stands all withered and wan
The furrowed land spreads like the desert sands
And all that we see lies in mean men's hands
This is no answer
But you don't understand
How can we build Jerusalem
In this green and pleasant land?
Just look around you
You cannot change the world
Unless you understand the reason why we ever came so far astray
O where has community gone?
The helping hand to guide us all along
Second homes round an empty village green
Just a pale reminder
Of an old familiar scene
This is no answer
But you don't understand
How can we build Jerusalem
In this green and pleasant land?
Just look around you
You cannot change the world
Unless you understand the reason why we ever came so far astray
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Born out of sorrow
Raised up in the light
You turned to your convictions
And left the world behind
You trod like an ancient
Through the woods
And rusted clays
And you sang the songs of ages past
Of golden, autumn days
I will go with you
To every shore
Climb each woodland tree
Walk every street
We will marvel:
'Is this all we are
All we want to be?'
How can this be?
Down to the ocean floor
Up into the sky
We wandered long
And lingered short
Till all had passed our eyes
We saw the mark of everyone
Wherever we did pass
Each one stamped upon creation
One for each of what we are
I will go with you...
Now the old times of innocence
Have long since passed away
We grapple with the knowing
For our deeds we soon must pay
When the battlefields are empty
And the dues have all been paid
We will love this land
This whole land
In remembrance of these days
I will go with you...
When the battlefields are empty
And the dues have all been paid
We will love this land
This whole land
In remembrance of these days
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8. |
Flaming June
05:01
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You needed space
You needed air
To breathe once more
Without a care
I was there in the beginning
You weaken now
You lose your hold
Withdraw to days of endless cold
There is no growth in such dark places
I'm only thinking of you
But I'm not thinking for you
Oh no, no, no, no, no
We've come so far
And yet I know
That I will have to let you go
Where all in this same boat together
The storm has passed
It had to come
Another morning
A new sun
A new sun - fiery, red and ruthless
I'm only thinking of you
But I'm not thinking for you
Oh no, no, no, no, no
I'll say farewell to flaming June
Now dancing to a different tune
But I don't know now where I'm going to
I've said farewell to flaming June
I'm dancing to a different tune
But now I know just where I'm going to
I'm only thinking of you
But I'm not thinking of you
Oh no, no, no, no, no
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9. |
The Fire Within
03:40
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I'm sitting on my own
With nothing but fear within
I want to hold my own
Cast these devils into the bin
But then I hear your voice
Ringing in my ears
I know I've got no choice
But to gather up myself
And dry these tears
I'm going back again
I'm not turning back pages
I'm going back again
The crying of the soul
Brings me sorrow
And brings me shame
Then the vanity of youth
Runs roughshod in my veins
And then I hear your voice
Ringing in my ears
I know I've got no choice
But to gather up myself
And dry these tears
I'm going back again
I'm not turning back pages
I'm going back again
And if my hope runs out
And should my heart grow cold
I'd want to call you out
To gather up the pieces of my soul
I'm going back again
I'm not turning back pages
I'm going back again
And the fire within me
Will heat my heart
And heal my soul
Yes, the fire within me
Comes from where I do not know
I'm with the fire within me
O,o,o,o,o
With the fire within me
Don't quench the fire within you
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10. |
How Long Can This Go On?
04:05
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Lyrics
You've had it too good
For far too long
Do you think you'll last forever?
As you stand in the midst
Of a crumbling land
Your time it is up
And you know it
But you soldier on
With ruthless intent
Executing your plans
Till the people are spent
And you think you're so right
And the rest are so wrong
But how long can this go on?
In your eyes I see a hangman's glare
To the gallows if we don't follow you
From your mouth spew out false promises
Fragments of half-baked truth
And you soldier on
With ruthless intent
Executing your plans
Till the people are spent
And you think you're so right
And the rest are so wrong
But how long can this go on?
You stagger on blindly
Through shadowlands dark
Can't you see what's in front of you?
When you stumble
You'll fall
You won't pick yourself up
You will tumble
And down you will go
But you soldier on
With ruthless intent
Executing your plans
Till the people are spent
And you think you're so right
And the rest are so wrong
But how long can this go on?
How long?
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11. |
Right To Roam
03:26
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The very day you broke my heart
I slid away
And stood inside the dark
And I looked to the window
And saw the stars
And I looked to the vision
So many days
Fighting fear
So many ways
That brought me here
And I look to the figure that bore the scars
And I look to the vision
Take me with you
When you go
We've got a right to roam
We've got an open road
Darling, don't you let me go
We've got a right to roam
We've got the whole wide world
Coming round to this 21st charade
I'm looking round
To find the ancient spark
And I look to the middle of Africa
And I look to the vision
Take me with you
When you go
We've got a right to roam
We've got an open road
Darling, never let me go
We've got a right to roam
We've got the whole wide world
Take me
Lead me
Don't let go
We've got a right to roam
We've got an open road
Love me
Lead me
Oh, you know
We've got the whole wide world
We've got a right to roam
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12. |
Endlessly
05:16
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If I could crawl into the cavern of your mind
Hang up your silent thoughts
Who knows what I would find?
In the stillness of the morning
Just before the world starts turning
When the restless spirits stir
From the slumber of the earth
There I'll be and there I'll staying
Looking out upon the day
Calling me to join you if you can
Your severed smile
Betrays a mannequin of clay
Your empty hand
Belies the promises you made
In the stillness of the morning
Just before the world starts turning
When the restless spirits stir
From the slumber of the earth
There I'll be and there I'll staying
Looking out upon the day
Calling me to join you if you can
I'm a lucky, lucky son
And I know just where I'm going
And the river seems to run
Endlessly
Call off your vicious words
The callous things you say
Restore the inward part
Before you're blown away
In the stillness of the morning
Just before the world starts turning
When the restless spirits stir
From the slumber of the earth
There I'll be and there I'll staying
Looking out upon the day
Calling me to join you if you can
I'm a lucky, lucky son
And I know just where I'm going
And the river seems to run
Endlessly
Endlessly
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