Fear of the Dark

Maybe one day I'll be an honest man
Up till now I'm doing the best I can
Long roads, long days,
of sunrise to sunset, sunrise to sunset

Dream on brother while you can
Dream on sister I hope you find the one
All of our lives covered up quickly by the tides of time

Spend your days full of emptyness
Spend your years full of lonliness
Waisting love in a desperate caress
Rolling shadows of nights

Dream on brother while you can
Dream on sister I hope you find the one
All of our lives covered up quickly by the tides of time

Sands are flowing and the lines are in your hand
In your eyes I see the hunger
And the desperate cry that tears the night

Covered in sinners
and dripping with guilt
Making your money from slime and from filth
Parading your bellies in ivory towers
Investing our lives in your schemes and your powers

You got to watch them - be quick or be dead
Snake eyes in heaven the thief in your head
You got to watch them - be quick or be dead
Snake eyes in heaven the thief in your head
Be quick!
Or be dead!
Be quick!
Or be dead!

See... what's ruling all our lives
See... who's pulling strings
See... what's ruling all our lives
See... who's pulling strings

I bet you won't fall on your face
Your belly will hold you in place

The serpent is crawling inside of your ear
He sais you must vote for what you want to hear
Don't matter what's wrong as long as you're alright
So pull yourself stupid and rob yourself blind

Now I'm here can you see me
'Cos I'm out on my own
When the room goes cold tell me you can feel me
... 'cos I'm here

Here I am can you see me
Passing through on my way
To a place where I'd been to only in my dreams
... before

In a world of delusion
Never turn your back on a friend
'Cause you can count your real true friends on one hand
... through life
There are those that decieve you
There are those that'll let you down
Is there someone out there that would die for you
... thought not

Live your life with a passion
Everything you do, do well
You get out of life what you put in
... so they say

In a world of confusion
People never say what they mean
If you want a straight answer go look for one
... right now

In a room full of strangers
Do you stand with your back to the wall
Do you sometimes feel like you're on the outside
... looking in?

You can make your own luck
You can create your destiny
I believe you have the power if you want to
... it's true

You can do what you want to
If you try a little bit harder
A little bit of faith goes a long way
... it does

Are we here for a reason?
I'd like to know just what you think
It would be nice to know what happens when we die
... wouldn't it?

There are some who are wise
There are some who are born naive
I believe that there are some that have lived before
... don't you?

As for me well I'm thinking
You gotta keep an open mind
But I hope my life is not an open and
... shut case

Extra Sensory Perception
Life After Death telepathy
Can the soul live on and travel through
... space and time

You know I feel so elated
'Cause I'm about to find it out
And when I know all the answers maybe then I'll come back
... to fill you in

You don't be alarmed now
If I try to contact you
If things go missing or get moved around
... it's me

And don't disbelieve it
No matter what your 'friends' might say
We'll meet up again some place some way
... one day

Lying awake at night I wipe the sweat from my brow
But it's not the fear 'cos I'd rather go now

Trying to visualise the horrors that will lay ahead
The desert sand mound a burial ground

When it comes to time
Are we partners in crime?
When it comes to time
We'll be ready to die

God let us go now and finish what's to be done
Thy kingdom come Thy shall be done... on earth

Trying to justify to ourselves the reasons to go
Should we live and let live forget or forgive

But how can we let them go on this way?
The reign of terror corruption must end
And we know deep down there's no other way
No trust, no reasoning, no more to say

Afraid to shoot strangers
Afraid to shoot strangers

There's a madman in the corner of your eye
He likes to pry - into the sunlight
He wants to burst into the streets with you and I
A world of shadows and of rain
He's seen what love is...
He wants to pay back with guilt...

He lies to you he won't let you be
He's got your chains of misery
He won't be still till he's turned your key
He holds your chains of misery

There's a prophet in the gutter in the street
He say 'You're damned' and you believe him...
He's got a vision but it shines out through your eyes
A world of hatred and fear...
He's felt what love means...
He wants to pay you back with pain...

He lies to you he won't let you be
He's got your chains of misery
He won't be still till he's turned your key
He holds your chains of misery

It's only love that holds the key to our hearts
It's only love...

He lies to you he won't let you be
He's got your chains of misery
He won't be still till he's turned your key
He holds your chains of misery

He lies to you he won't let you be
He's got your chains of misery
He won't be still till he's turned your key
He holds your chains of misery

On a cold October morning
As frost lay on the ground
Waiting to make my move I made no sound

Waiting for the mist
To cover all around
I carefully picked my time then took the wall

I'm sick and tired of running
The hunger and the pain
A stop to look about then off again

Being at the wrong place
And at the wrong time
Suspected of a hit that was my crime

I am a fugitive being hunted down like game
I am a fugitive but I've got to clear my name

Even if I find them
And get to clear my name
I know that things can never be the same

But if I ever proof
My innocence some day
I've got to get them all to make them pay

I am a fugitive being hunted down like game
I am a fugitive but I've got to clear my name