Rest In Peace

She picks herself up, Piece by Piece Sometimes she wonders, if the noise will ever cease Seems like so long, without any respite Every single day, dark as the night Head in hands she falls to her knees, asks for release What’s it gonna take to make you rest in peace Head in hands she…

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Dance Of The Dead

When the dead get up to dance – they sing a song of deathWhen the dead get up to dance – they sing without a breathAh the dead get up to dance – they move away the stonesYeah the dead get up to dance – And they shake their sticks and bones And the moon…

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Strange Ways

What happened here? In this place of peace what happened here to make music cease what happened when the music stopped, ah, the bodies dropped We watch in horror as people cried We watch in horror as music died Blood on the dance floor, death in the streets, in a city of dreams And I…

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Nothing Like Love

Love is a leap, love is a lunge. Love is deep love is a plunge. Love is sweet love is sour. Love is the root love is the flower Love is the start love is the end. Love is a stranger love is a friend Love is a weak love is strong Love is forever…

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No Pasarán

When the sons of Wat Tyler meet With the rhythm of a rock steady beat Then we move our feet Down to Cable Street There’s a neighbourhood bully banging on the door Selling me a ticket for a third world war Everyone’s invited – like it or not Everything you need costs everything you’ve got…

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Twist

When you look into my eyes it’s like superman’s disguise Plain for all to see there’s no mystery When I try to hide my pain it’s like screaming out your name The cut in my pride is a wound open wide I’m not fooling you I’m not fooling me And life twists the knife Life twists…

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The Well

I see greed and ambition scratch crooked fingers to the sky Watch priests and politicians bow their heads and cry I see lawyers and thieves sing the same old lies All around the world, I can’t believe my eyes God’s gone out of business, I’ve thrown away my cross I can’t tell the difference between…

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Falling

I’m not the one you needed I’m just the one you used The one who gave you everything just to keep your little self amused Yeah, I see you falling Crawling on your knees Yeah, i hear you calling Crying out to me You’re not the one I believed in. You’re just the one who…

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Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn You

Don’t Say That I Didn’t Warn You   You can’t be free if you make a slave of me Count the ways to wear the chains Shackles bind In hearts and minds Beneath your skin a scar remains   You are what you say And what you do in your day These are our definitions…

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The Thrill Of It All

The little girl doesn’t know If she’s alive anymore No sense of fun – nowhere to run   Once there was a time Happiness was no crime Now she’s in a cage – No passion or rage   As the light starts to fall   She’s walking on the edge Of everything unsaid It hurts…

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