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Into the distance, a ribbon of blackStretched to the point of no turning backA flight of fancy on a wind swept fieldStanding alone my senses reeledA fatal attraction is holding me fastHow can I escape this irresistible grasp? Can't keep my eyes from the circling skyTongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I Ice is forming on the tips of my wingsUnheeded warnings, I thought I thought of everythingNo navigator to find my way homeUnladened, empty and turned to stone A soul in tension that's learning to flyCondition grounded but determined to tryCan't keep my eyes from the circling skiesTongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I Friction lock - set. Mixtures - richPropellers - fully forwardFlaps - set - 10 degreesEngine gauges and suction - checkMixture set to maximum percent - recheckFlight instruments...Altimeters - check bothLights - onPilot Heater - onStrobes - onConfirm 3-8-Echo ready for departure.Hello again, this is now 129.4.129.4. It's to go.3-8-Echo cleared takeoff, the wind's normal at 10 knots.3-8-Echo.Easy on the brakes. Take it easy. It's gonna roll this time.Just hand the power gradually, and it... Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,My grubby halo, a vapor trail in the empty air,Across the clouds I see my shadow flyOut of the corner of my watering eyeA dream unthreatened by the morning lightCould blow this soul right through the roof of the night There's no sensation to compare with thisSuspended animation, a state of blissCan't keep my mind from the circling skyTongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I

Dogs of war and men of hateWith no cause, we don't discriminateDiscovery is to be disownedOur currency is flesh and bone Hell opened up and put on saleGather 'round and haggleFor hard cash, we will lie and deceiveEven our masters don't know the webs we weave One world, it's a battlegroundOne world, and we will smash it downOne world ... One world Invisible transfers, long distance callsHollow laughter in marble hallsSteps have been taken, a silent uproarHas unleashed the dogs of war You can't stop what has begunSigned, sealed, they deliver oblivionWe all have a dark side, to say the leastAnd dealing in death is the nature of the beast One world, it's a battlegroundOne world, and we will smash it downOne world ... One world (One world)(One world) The dogs of war don't negotiateThe dogs of war won't capitulateThey will take and you will giveAnd you must die so that they may live You can knock at any doorBut wherever you go, you know they've been there beforeWell winners can lose and things can get strainedBut whatever you change, you know the dogs remain One world, it's a battlegroundOne world, and we will smash it downOne world ... One world

A restless eye across a weary roomA glazed look and I was on the road to ruinThe music played and played as we whirled without endNo hint, no word her honour to defend "I will, I will," she sighed to my requestAnd then she tossed her mane while my resolve was put to the testThen drowned in desire, our souls on fireI lead the way to the funeral pyreAnd without a thought of the consequenceI gave in to my decadence One slip and down the hole we fallIt seems to take no time at allA momentary lapse of reasonThat binds a life for lifeA small regret, you won't forgetThere'll be no sleep in here tonight Was it love, or was it the idea of being in love?Or was it the hand of fate that seemed to fit just like a glove?The moment slipped by and soon the seeds were sownThe year grew late and neither one wanted to remain alone One slip and down the hole we fallIt seems to take no time at allA momentary lapse of reasonThat binds a life to a lifeYou won't regret, you will never forgetThere'll be no sleep in here tonight One slip ... one slip

On the turning awayFrom the pale and downtroddenAnd the words they say which we won't understand"Don't accept that what's happeningIs just a case of others' sufferingOr you'll find that you're joining inThe turning away" It's a sin that somehowLight is changing to shadowAnd casting its shroud over all we have knownUnaware how the ranks have grownDriven on by a heart of stoneWe could find that we're all aloneIn the dream of the proud On the wings of the nightAs the daytime is stirringWhere the speechless unite in a silent accordUsing words you will find are strangeAnd mesmerised as they light the flameFeel the new wind of changeOn the wings of the night No more turning awayFrom the weak and the wearyNo more turning away from the coldness insideJust a world that we all must shareIt's not enough just to stand and stareIs it only a dream that there'll beNo more turning away?

One sound, one single soundOne kiss, one single kissA face outside the window paneHowever did it come to this? A man who ran, a child who criedA girl who heard, a voice that liedThe sun that burned a fiery redThe vision of an empty bed The use of force, he was so toughShe'll soon submit, she's had enoughThe march of fate, the broken willSomeone is lying very still He has laughed and he has criedHe has fought and he has diedHe's just the same as all the restHe's not the worst, he's not the best And still this ceaseless murmuringThe babbling that I brookThe seas of faces, eyes upraisedThe empty screen, the vacant look A man in black on a snow white horseA pointless life has run its courseThe red rimmed eyes, the tears still runAs he fades into the setting sun

I have always been hereI have always looked out from behind these eyesIt feels like more than a lifetimeFeels like more than a lifetime Sometimes I get tired of the waitingSometimes I get tired of being in hereIs this the way it has always been?Could it ever have been different? Do you ever get tired of the waiting?Do you ever get tired of being in there?Don't worry, nobody lives foreverNobody lives forever

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I will always be in hereI will always look out from behind these eyesIt's only a lifetimeIt's only a lifetimeIt's only a lifetime

The sweet smell of a great sorrow lies over the landPlumes of smoke rise and merge into the leaden skyA man lies and dreams of green fields and riversBut awakes to a morning with no reason for waking He's haunted by the memory of a lost paradiseIn his youth or a dream, he can't be preciseHe's chained forever to a world that's departedIt's not enough, it's not enough His blood has frozen and curdled with frightHis knees have trembled and given way in the nightHis hand has weakened at the moment of truthHis step has faltered One world, one soulTime pass, the river rolls And he talks to the river of lost love and dedicationAnd silent replies that swirl invitationFlow dark and troubled to an oily seaA grim intimation of what is to be There's an unceasing wind that blows through this nightAnd there's dust in my eyes that blinds my sightAnd silence that speaks so much louder that wordsOf promises broken