A PAIN THAT I'M USED TO

I'm not sure
What I'm looking for anymore
I just know
That I'm harder to console
I don’t see who I'm trying to be
Instead of me
But the key
Is a question of control

Can you say
What you're trying to play anyway
I just pay
While you're breaking all the rules
All the signs that I find
Have been underlined
Devils thrive on the drive
That is fuelled

All this running around
Well it’s getting me down
Just give me a pain that I'm used to
I don't need to believe
All the dreams you conceive
You just need to achieve
Something that rings true

There's a hole in your soul
Like an animal
With no conscience
Repentance unkown

Close your eyes
Pay the price for your paradise
Devils feed on the seeds
That are sown

Can't conceal what I feel
What I know is real
No mistaking the faking
I care
With a prayer in the air
I will leave it there
On a note full of hope
Not despair

All this running around
Well it's getting me down
Just give me a pain that I'm used to
I don't need to believe
All the dreams you conceive
You just need to achieve
Something that rings true

JOHN THE REVELATOR

Put him in an elevator
Take him up to the highest high
Take him up to the top
Where the mountains stop
Let him tell his book of lies

John the Revelator
He’s a smooth operator
It’s time we cut him down to size
Take him by the hand
And put him on the stand
Let us hear his alibis

By claiming God A
As his only right
He's stealing a god
From the Israelites
Stealing a god
From a Muslim, too
There is only one god
through and through

Seven lies, mulitplied by seven, Multiplied by seven again
Seven angels with seven trumpets
Send them home on the morning train

Well who’s that shouting?
John the Revelator!
All he ever gives us is pain
Well who’s that shouting?
John the Revelator!
He should bow his head in shame

By and by
By and by
By and by
By and by

SUFFER WELL

Where were you when I fell from grace
A frozen heart, an empty space

Something’s changed, it’s in your eyes
Please don’t speak, you’ll only lie

I found treasure not where I thought
Peace of mind can’t be bought
Still I believe

Just hang on
Suffer well
Sometimes it’s hard
It’s hard to tell

An angel led me when I was blind
I said take me back, I’ve changed my mind
Now I believe

From the blackest room, I was torn
You called my name, my love was born
So I believe

Just hang on
Suffer well
Sometimes it’s hard
It’s hard to tell

THE SINNER IN ME

If I could just hide
The sinner inside
And keep him denied
How sweet life would be
If I could be free
From the sinner in me

I’ll never be a saint
That’s not a picture
That your memory paints
Not renowned for my patience
I’m not renowned for my restraint

But you’re always around
You can always be found
To pick me up
When I’m on the ground

If I could just hide
The sinner inside
And keep him denied
How sweet life would be
If I could be free
From the sinner in me

I’m still recovering
Still getting over all the suffering
More known for my anger
Than for any other thing

But you’ve always tried
To be by my side
And catch my fall
When I start to slide

If I could just hide
The sinner inside
And keep him denied
How sweet life would be
If I could be free
From the sinner in me

PRECIOUS

Precious and fragile things
Need special handling
My God what have we done to you

We always tried to share
The tenderest of care
Now look what we have put you through

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we’d managed
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

Angels with silver wings
Shouldn’t know suffering
I wish I could take the pain for you

If God has a master plan
That only he understands
I hope it’s your eyes He’s seeing through

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we’d managed
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

I pray you’ll learn to trust
Have faith in both of us
And keep room in your hearts for two

Things get damaged
Things get broken
I thought we’d managed
But words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

MACRO

Overflowing senses
Heightened awareness
I hear my blood flow
I feel its caress

Whispering cosmos
Talking right to me
Unlimited endless
God breathing through me

See the microcosm
In macro vision
Our bodies moving
With pure precision
One universal celebration
One evolution
One creation

Thundering rhythm
Pounding within me
Driving me onwards
Forcing me to see
Clear and enlightening
Right there before me
Brilliantly shining
Intricate beauty

See the microcosm
In macro vision
Our bodies moving
With pure precision
One universal
Celebration
One evolution
One creation

I WANT IT ALL

I see a river
It’s oceans that I want
You have to give me everything
Everything’s not enough

It’s my desire
To give myself to you
Sometimes

Sometimes I try
Sometimes I lie, with you
Sometimes I cry
Sometimes I die, it’s true
Somewhere I find something that’s kind in you

And I’ve crossed the line again
A line I drew in sand
And still you give me everything
But everything’s not enough

I’m ready but not willing
To give myself to you
Sometimes

Come on over lay down beside me
And I’ll try
Come on over lay down beside me
And I’ll try
And I’ll try

I want it all

NOTHING'S IMPOSSIBLE

Just give me a reason, some kind of sign
I’ll need a miracle to help me this time
I heard what you said and I feel the same
I know in my heart that I’ll have to change

Even the stars look brighter tonight
Nothing’s impossible
I still believe in love at first sight
Nothing’s impossible

How did we get to be this far apart?
How did we get to be this far apart?
I want to be with you, have something to share
I want to be here I'm not There

Even the stars look brighter tonight
Nothing’s impossible
I still believe in love at first sight
Nothing’s impossible

Even the stars look brighter tonight
Nothing’s impossible
If you believe in love at first sight
Nothing’s impossible

I still believe in love at first sight
Nothing’s impossible

INTROSPECTRE

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DAMAGED PEOPLE

We’re damaged people
Drawn together
By subtleties that we are not aware of
Disturbed souls
Playing out forever
These games that we once thought we would be scared of

When you’re in my arms
The world makes sense
There is no pretence
And you’re crying
When you’re by my side
There is no defence
I forget to sense I’m dying

We’re damaged people
Praying for something
That doesn’t come from somewhere deep inside us
Depraved souls
Trusting in the one thing
The one thing that this life has not denied us

When I feel the warmth of your very soul
I forget I’m cold
And crying
When your lips touch mine
And I lose control
I forget I’m old
And dying

LILIAN

Oh Lilian
Look what you’ve done
You’ve stripped my heart
Ripped it apart
In the name of fun

Oh Lilian
I’m a poor man’s son
And precious jewels
Weren’t found in schools
Where I came from

Pain and misery
Always hit the spot
Knowing you can’t lose
What you haven’t got

Oh Lilian
I should have run
I should have known
Each dress you own
Is a loaded gun

Oh Lilian

Oh Lilian
I need protection
I hear your voice
And any choice
I had is gone

Oh Lilian
Once I'd begun
I couldn’t stop
Till every drop
Of blood was sung
Pain and misery
Always hit the spot
Knowing you can’t lose
What you haven’t got

Oh Lilian
Look what you’ve done
You've stripped my heart
Ripped it apart
In the name of fun

Oh Lilian.........

THE DARKEST STAR

Oh you sad one
Playing the Angel
Isn’t so easy where you’re from

Oh you wild one
Devil’s companion
You won’t stay satisfied for long

I don’t want you to change anything you do
I don’t want you to be something else for me

Oh you dark one
Eternal outsider
Caught in the spider’s web you’ve spun

Oh you blind one
Gentle and kind one
Seeing the world as a loaded gun

I don’t want you to change anything you do
I don’t want you to be someone else for me

Stay as you are the darkest star
Shining for me
Majestically

I don’t want you to change anything you do
I don’t want you to be someone else for me