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Red leaves falling
Under burning skies
A reminder
Beauty always dies
It hung from a silver chain
With a woman's face inside
Staring back with faded eyes
Hard years took their toll on us
Her eyes no longer see
And she can't recall my name
No more
Lately I can feel the tide
Of borrowed time
Wanting me to go into that good night
And I never will, but
Red leaves falling
Under burning skies
Living out of season
A body firmly in decline
I cursed that symbol of our decay
And flung it to the ground
And it didn't change a thing
Your future's creeping silently
One day it will take everything
Even your dignity
Someone played a trick on us
This deadly flaw
Wasn't meant to fall on the perfect world we trust
Immortal we are
Red leaves falling
Weighing on my mind
Is there someone waiting
Am I leaving or just left behind
Days go by
No one visits, no one writes
How I wish to hear her sing the words one more time
It's the same old story
The tragedy we all endure
Don't be sorry
Some things have to be
To live forever
The height of human vanity
Time moved onward
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2. |
To Reap and Never Sow
05:01
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Give me power to unwind
The coil of destiny
To break the bloody chains that encircle me
I tie my fate to yours
I should be more afraid
Too late, I'm trapped in a devil's game
You can reach in and take some
Got in too soon
Don't care who you take from
But it always takes a little more from you
Chasing a loss
Pride at any cost
What is it worth?
I'm no better than before
Reroute, dying in pursuit of that fabled goal:
To reap and never sow
Give me everything at once
Living someone else's dreams
No patience for the hunt, I know all I need
I tried so very hard
To catch the falling knife
Now there's a dark cloud in my life
You can try to deny it
You feel the fool
It's harder to hide it
When the wheel of fortune cruelly turns on you
Chasing a loss
Pride at any cost
What is it worth?
I'm no better than before
Reroute, dying in pursuit of that fabled goal:
To reap and never sow
Modern alchemy
Making gold from others' time
While the well of life runs dry
There's no certainty
No painless way to win
In this battle we're all in
Only the favored survive
Can we take it back
Every day is just a number
Every thing that once held wonder
A choice to regret
Will you cut and run
When the wheel comes around
Or will you lose it all again
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Skyscraper
07:08
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The skyline coming into sight
Let your eyes adjust to light
Who made you?
The architects are gone but they speak
It stood a thousand years
Bearing wind and rain
Nobody ever learned
The artificer's name
Hold on
The vision says hold on
When shadows are gone
This truth remains
The story of our deeds
Wrapped in glass and steel eternity
From the ground below
To the summer sky
Every stone took on life in the mind
From the first clear thought
Till the end of time
Still you'll see my legacy
Rising high
Is this what's to remain
Of the lives we led?
Statues toppled over
Missing arms and heads
No, this calling is something more
You've been here before
And will return
Impossible design
Rendered in cold steel for you to find
From the ground below
To the summer sky
Every stone took on life in the mind
From the first clear thought
Till the end of time
Still you'll see my legacy
Rising high
Now I know this place was expecting me
The curtain wall transforms
Open...
From the ground below
To the summer sky
Every stone took on life in the mind
From the first clear thought
Till the end of time
Still you'll see my legacy
Rising high
Eyes toward the sky…
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4. |
Solaire
03:45
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Far and wide my mind has wandered
In my time away from the sun
Banished for some transgression I can't recall
Why?
How many years now since I came below?
I am losing faith in things I used to know
My old divinity
Is coming through in waves
A fleeting memory of former glory
And time goes by without a sign
In the pantheon above
I'm the wayward child you left behind
The fallen god who was
I know that you're still up there watching me
I can hear the laughter even now
Don't you remember who I used to be?
Future full of promise, always standing proud
So how can I atone
In your enlightened view?
And if I have, how will I know?
How will I know?
And time goes by without a sign
In the pantheon above
I'm the wayward child you left behind
The fallen god who was
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5. |
Voluntary Extinction
03:49
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Surrounded by your treasures
You think of only what you've lost
Walking in technicolor sleep
Unaware of damage you have caused
We're heading for ruin
It's the final test
Philisophical questions
Finally put to rest
Know sooner or later
This morbid story has to end
Voluntary extinction
Strayed from the path
Voluntary extinction
Give something back
Tearing at the seam
Expanding into all vacancy
How long can all this madness go on?
You are obsolete
In years of domination
Humanity has never done what's right
You may not live to see it, yet
The day will come when someone pays the price
The wreck of today
Is tomorrow's prize
We all share in the blame
But not me I'm fine
The flow will go on
Consuming until something dies
Voluntary extinction
Strayed from the path
Voluntary extinction
Give something back
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6. |
Always Looking Down
08:57
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(I)
Now I'll close my eyes
And maybe when they open once more you'll be gone
Remember I'd say to you
I'm gonna see the world I never knew
And when this inner battle's won
You'll see it too
You'll see it too
What's behind those eyes?
A stranger to company
Watcher in a mirror maze
Avoiding your gaze
Fly away
Into a world where I am everyone
Lie awake, these marble halls
Will hide me till the threat of connection fades
Like ships passing in the night
I keep my outlook out of sight
The morning hour breaks and I'm not there
We twist words until they bleed
Saying everything but what we need
Look on but never speak till life is ending
What's behind those eyes?
The stumbling traveler
Knows what little light remains
Is fading away
But still we hold on to faraway plans
Clouded things nobody understands
To face ourselves
To do what no one can
(II)
I'm falling
But no longer seem to care
And I'm free to be nothing
A way of living that has served me well
I'll see it through
Would we be happier outside?
Do I step into the light
Life behind closed eyes
Soon I must decide
Tell me
When did harmless apathy
Become open contempt?
It's not enough to feel sorry later
Another day
...And as the world moves on...
Will we be safe on the outside?
Do I step into the light, I'll try
Always looking down
Blind to all around
The mirror breaks
And still it is me
The morning wakes
And I can see what I've never seen
Never seen before
Everything I have known must fall
Too late, too late
The waking world above awaits
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7. |
The Late Goodbye
05:05
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The sun goes down
The heavens make their rounds
Same as before
We don't talk about what happened here
Just beyond our door
One day this rage will finally end
Would you complain, my friend
The only way through the day
Was to try to forget
It feels like I've let you down
Are you out there somewhere else?
Are those lies we tell ourselves?
For you I'll try to believe
...Just a slim possibility
Nothing more left to do
But sit and wait impatiently
Answers promised us, always out of reach
Reveal yourself to me
There's a rupture in the sky
A dark reminder why life's standing still
I know we're on our own
It's hard to cling to anything
In a world that can kill
...Simply for being at home
There's so much more left to say
Are you out there somewhere else?
Oh, we just don't know
Though hope is low
And logic's cold
Even so, maybe this isn't goodbye
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Sometimes it just confounds the mind
To grasp the concept of a world beyond our time
This passing moment still is mine
The tragedy, the ecstasy
With me they're left behind
Find a lie
An optimistic fantasy
Something certain
A ward against insanity
Forever is nothing
A one-way ride to obscurity
Learned never to stare too long into eternity
Forever is nothing
We have our own ways to forget
Your works, they turn to dust
And even dust is impermanent
Don't be sorry
Some things have to be
Hold it high
The glory and the agony
Humanity!
Forever is nothing
A one-way ride to obscurity
Learned never to stare too long into eternity
Forever is nothing
The stinging sweat and the tears you wept
Take comfort in this fact:
You know those tears are impermanent
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