Abney Park

Darkness, the streets of London he searched for souls Alone he'd never achieve his lofty goals Peasants and beggars he found to aid his plans Train them & give them the strength to share his lands Welcome to the park. Step inside my home. It's crowde...

My arm's aching, back's breaking, legs aching neck And this whole ruddy ship is a huge creaking wreck. We've flown ten thousand miles with this thorn in our sides, though the wind's steady strong with no clouds in the skies. The ropes creaking, ship's leaking...

Our fires high and the airbags tight Food's low but the skies are bright Props spinning all through the night We're low on cash but seen another target Goggles down and the cannons up My blood starts pumping as I drain my cup I give the wheel a spin and I tur...

Our ancient nightmares, the ghostly legends, And fiendish tales, all the myths are true. Scientists have unearthed enormous skeletons They think we've disproved that all the myths are true. "Year after year, science finds explanations, scientific reasons behi...

The ancient world is crumbling Replaced with synthetic blend If we don't do something soon Mankind's last beauty will end This palace withstood the test of time This mosque endures all days Now stand by for the dynamite For the shopping malls we make way We...

He could fly. Was his job. 'Cross battle fields, And bloody bogs. Spread his wings, Took the skies. And he was safe Every time he flies. But there were some, Who could not fly. And to see him soar, Always made them cry So they'd shoot, Their Je...

Automaton fights for his family Protecting them from the threats all around But deep in his chest is one broken gear It keeps his feet dragging on the ground Well, it burns when he runs, and he coughs when he jumps It grinds and it scrapes when he flies He's...

Out past the pavement Out past the cobblestones Out past the factories Where we can be all alone. I see the trees, and I see the waterfalls, and I see the river banks And I want to see it all Away Away Away Away from the things of man. Away Aw...

Got bad things coming All my thoughts turning black Wanna hit the ground running Wanna turn the clocks back I don't want to look forward Or even look ahead I don't want the future For the future is dead Gotta stand up so strong, fight all alone I hope I can,...

Fingers of rust gently intertwine Lace the seams of sacrifice in beautiful decline Catalysis of creations of all that was mankind Pull our corruption towards nature, The state that's predefined Rust forms, bringing it all down Wood rots, and into the ground...

I see the world with my eyes open I see the world through lidless eyes I see a world that is sick with self-loathing Nothing in the nothing to mystify Black day, Black night Flesh is burnt us under in the broad daylight Black day, Black night And the devil's...

And I need you And I grieve you, darlin' And I bleed you But I still see what I will be And I need you Further away from me & longer you stay I see that our love's not growing stronger everyday And I need you And I grieve you, darlin' And I bleed you But...

Where's the tattooed muscle men with furled brows a-pullin'? Where's the buxom fashion queen with thin-aired curls a-curlin'? Where's the angry nomad minstrel growlin' out a lullaby? Where's the edgy circus folk? Or have they said goodbye? Where's the soiled...

I'm a stranger everywhere I go From Washington to Tokyo Angry eyes tell me I don't fit in I smile back but I can not win So I stand tall, and face the scorn It's not the place but the time I was born The road ahead, may be filled with hate But I know m...

I wish I could breath, I wish I could stand. I wish I had a chance here holding your hand. Wish I could speak, I wish could talk I wish I could breathe Since the first day, I was alive, I feared we would meet here in the misty outside I wanted to run, I wante...

I, I've suffered long enough in this ghost town I saw the walls, called their bluff and tore them down When I think of all the time I've wasted All the bitter pills I've tasted I have to hang my head and frown I, I've suffered long enough in this ghost town...

One hundred years ago isn't long Would you be blamed for another's wrong Generations claiming retribution While your poets & your prophets are yelling "execution" Who's building the walls now? Who's building the walls now? I never held you down I never pu...

If my life should end and I cannot stay, I pray that you will find a life with our loves that's not far away, Please don't hate me overmuch Burn, go on and burn Burn, I feel the fire I share a burning desire, temptations pulling me down I've learned to thriv...

Ooooh, A captain's life seems elegant With far more booze than regiment. He's required to provide For all the crew aboard. When provisions are running short, And if the ship is far from port, The Cap himself must sacrifice For all the crew aboard. T...

Why do the things we love Torture us more than the things The things we can do without? I can't do without The things that you do to me But why d'you do the things The things that you do to me? I'm sad but I can't talk about it And they can't do a th...

Should I start by saying that we all lived in fear, from day to week to month to year? Or should I start by saying that our food ran sort, not a ham or a loaf, a cake or a tort? No, I should start by telling of the beasts that lived with in the courts of our c...

cross from me sat the new emperor, Hardly 13 And I asked him why he cried No one stays around anymore, I cannot guess why In my world they should try I asked how loyal are your subjects "Not" was the child king's reply, "Rarely will they comply" "I always s...

Doctor please, you gotta help me I'm on my knees Whenever I see she accepts my love but she, but she cant accept me She's only pretending to still love me, to still love me Pull this heart out from my chest Need a replacement give me your best Crack open my c...

When you were here before, Couldn't look you in the eyes You're just like an angel, your skin makes me cry You float like a feather In a beautiful world I wish I was special You're so fuckin' special But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doin'...

Either you're an anchor or you're a sail. I've got places to go, but you leave me too frail. Can't keep my head above water, when you're pulling me down. Can't keep my mood where I wanna, when you're wearing that frown. I want to sail ! I want to sail !...

Dead silence falls a cascading shower of indifference Isolation calls no self-acceptance, no means for honest reverence Into the void self-annihilation, futilistic egotism Until now I've toyed with what seems inevitable destructionism CHORUS Is this the end o...

Dear Ophelia, I love you dear, I’m sorry that I haven’t been here. Dear Ophelia, you know I’m hurt, It’s been two months since he was laid in the dirt. Dear Ophelia I'm sorry that I lied I really do mean to make you my bride When I get through this all, I’ll...

Dominion of dust Your city of sand Built your world of nothing So how long did it stand? A hundred years Now wasn't it grand Built your world of nothing So how long did it stand? What did you think would happen? When did you think it would all fall down?...

When I woke up early this morning, News told me how I should spend my day : in fear. I should be afraid of the poison in my food, in my water, But still I feel okay. They tell you the sky's on fire. They tell you the world is dire. They tell you the oce...

Once I was complete, The earth, firm, under my feet, My back was strong, my body fleet, Now I ache allover. I learned each virtue I was told I worked hard to avoid the mold But as I saw my life unfold There was no place for me. It was hard when I begun, Each...

Well, another light turns out and I'm, I'm fallen to the ground I look around for you And I'm found So many years ago we took each others hand We're still holding after all and we stand We'll escape the ground and we'll make no sound And we'll spread our arm...

There once was a man An evil, evil man Who lived his life in evil, evil ways In a big crooked house Circled by big crooked trees There he savored all his evil deeds "You see I'm good" he cried "So very deep inside" "Deep down inside I’m good" "I just keep my...

I reached from the darkness I saw the day And now I'm awake And in my darkness I found the way To transcend my fate I took a step toward the light of day I took a step toward the light of day I fled the darkness of broken fates And took apart my faith I fucki...

I fell to my knees Down in the mire I yelled Lord please My feet were in the fire I've been stabbed and robbed Been lost and I've wandered Been lonely, been bound I've conserved and I've squandered I've been told not to worry Been told to stay strong...

I fear what they'd do if they find I've escaped I fear what they'd say if they find I play, I get scraped They want you to think it's possible to live a life without their chains But if you, if you go too far, you'll find they're pulling on your reins I fear...

You've got to fix the boat Or get out and swim You don't sit there, bitching, sinking Clean up that mess you're in! Don't waste another minute With your howls and moans You don't do yourself no favors Pick up those lazy bones When your river's run its course...

“Locked up like a prison inmate while the rules your warden dictate. Sick and thin and tried of debate, its time to live. “ If you think your feeling jaded, think the current times are faded, if you’ve got a care to give, then join me in the skys above, we’re...

Your not done for, you better stand up and give em what for Look, if you don't give up, your not done for You better stand up and give em what for If you don't give up, your not done for You better stand up and give em what for All this time will hold you do...

I fell to my knees, Down in the mire, I felt the heat, My feet were in the fire, I yelled "lord please!" I stared to perspire, The lord shook the trees, And turned up the fire. "I'm going to hell, That's what I'm told No pearly gates No streets of gold!" I'...

Herr Drosselmeyer's Doll There she is on the stage Spinning as she sprawls Thank God the curtains fall Her spring is sprung And dances done Spinning as she sprawls Thank God the curtains fall In the morning, he twists the key quite hard And ticking, she's bro...

He ain't here for your revolution. he's only here for gold and he'll take his pay, on any day, from any army in the fold He didn't come cause he loves your company Didn't come ‘cause shared your views He didn't come from a common vision He's not fo...

A young boy, playing all alone, In an imaginary world, in his father’s home. He escaped from family, hid from terrifying life. His imaginary world, Sheltered him from his strife. Then he grew, was forced out alone, But he never forgot his...

Death hue falling on the faces of the streets lost children as the mortar fire broken in Nights cold, slipping through the cracks breaking through the cracks of crumbling plaster. Hunger gnaws, I can feel it claws but the pain of a bullet would burn much hotte...

I have marched, for years on end. My comrades fell, as I defend, The goals I set. My armies fled, fell as they ran, trampled our dead. Rush, back through the fields, I am hush, All the ghosts of the dead are awake, I'm afraid The ghost of comrades Dead and g...

I am stretched on your grave And will lie there forever If your hands were in mine I'd be sure we'd not sever My apple tree, my brightness, It's time we were together For I smell of the Earth And am worn by the weather. When my family thinks That I'm...

I'm glad I lost you I wander alone on frozen cobblestone I think, "it's been years Since I saw if you're home" I could sure use a friend on this Dark lonesome night on my own So I walked down the streets And I read on the walls Your diary painted on...

I don't believe in UFOs and little men from Mars I don't believe in magic lamps bought at junk bazaars I don't believe the world will ever be without a war I don't believe a lot of things-- But I've been wrong before! I don't believe the souls of man can haun...

from the moment they met they were in love a love as deep and strong as the sea his hug fit her just like a glove and when she saw him she sparkled with glee but a curse was on them as old as time and time was running out for him fifteen years her love s...

The population has greatly decreased So the odds are greatly increased That one day I'll get a chance To kiss your lips Each night I thank the Lord For the apocalypse People are mostly disfigured and dead But I won't let it go to my head My mama's face has ru...

Jealousy's a beast When it rears its ugly head No weapon can defeat it Nothing will make it dead You can hit the beast with sympathy Or just show that you don't heed it Or hit the beast with generosity All these things just feed it Zoom do do do doo... It c...

Apple trees and pear trees were aflower, River mist was rising all around. Young Katyusha went strolling by the hour On the steep banks, O'er the rocky ground. Oh, my song, my song of a maiden's true love, To my dear one travel with the sun. To...

Bring a line of the people Bring down, scoop 'em up. Take the life from the people, Go down, and move up. This is were I reveal myself, Were I show that I'm not fine. Can't follow the cattle people, Not one of the Kine. This is were I reveal myself, Were I s...

Robert as boy: Dear Mr. Brown, One day I’ll be you and Although I’m only eight now, You need to hear my rules Never stop playing Never stop dreaming and And be careful not to Turn into what I’d hate Robert as adult: Dear little boy, I’m doing my best up here...

Books and music quell my soul, Satiate my hunger, Nicotine patch that plugs this hole, And keeps my soul assunder. But I long for smells and sights, Real tastes, real muscles sting, To put my feet on higher ground, ...real life is the thing. It's been years...

I'm gonna make you sorry And I'm gonna make you see And I'm gonna make you feel real bad For the pain that you caused me I'm gonna make you sorry And I'm gonna make you see And I'm gonna make you feel real bad For the pain that you caused me It may n...

Gentle? I think that you're mistaken Delicate? I went through that phase Tender? Want me to say I love you? Love? I heard it's all the rage I run my tongue down white marbled flesh In my hand leather, of harness on breast Reaching around, I claw at your cheek...

Folks, here´s a story about Minnie the Moocher She was a real live hoochie-koocher She was the roughest, toughest frail but Minnie had a heart as big as a wha-a-le Hidee-Hidee-Hidee-hi Hodee-hodee-hodee-ho Heedey-hee-dee-hee-dee hee Hidee-hidee-hidee-h...

'm not known for subtly I don't do understated. I'm here to make a great big noise "Overdone" is underrated. Don't waste a second with your "blending in". I stand out in a crowd. I'm not here to walk softly, I'm hear to play it loud. Expect fire and...

My love, My life, My band, My wife. I get lost, I get used, Take the praise And abuse. Am I the hero of my own daydream? Am I the villain of things as they seem? Am I the villain of my own daydream? Am I the hero of things as they seem? My love, My life, My...

A tiny boy holds his father's hand, Walking down the beach. The waves crash, and the torches lit. It's hard for him to reach. But neither wants to be alone. Family falls, just like tears, Breaking doors, over the years But neither one lets go. A grown man ho...

We're the nomads, the Neobedouins Don't want to end up dead again On this night we've traveled far Over desert wastelands, prairie grasslands Traverse the silken endless sands We've survived this global scar! Running daily, hunted nightly I know we must stay...

Hello London Hello Paris Hello Barcelona, what a glorious night When the dawn comes, I'll be long gone When you wake I'll be in the sky Hello Brisbane Hello Boston Hello Seattle, your a glorious sight When the sun rise, I'll be long gone When you wak...

I do not belong in this life I do not belong in this house I do not belong in this job I do not belong in this world I do not belong in this life I do not belong in this house I do not belong in this job I do not belong in this world I feel engulfed in fire...

From our darkened apartments From our empty homes From our lonely psyches we want to be left alone. Were we asking for this? or were we singing alone? And though we try to escape it, Now were stuck on this throne. kind voices are silenced, fearful...

I've unplugged my brain Unjacked my psyche, I've Stopped being crazy but I'm One of very few; I won't Sell my freedom for Things I never wanted, Won't be a slave, with any luck Those days are through-- I've packed my bags Brought back my pride I'd rather live...

I live as a wasteland warrior Living on the ragged edge Picking my way through the aftermath While humanity clings to the ledge They changes all the laws around us And built themselves into a wall Filled up their prison with guys like me Guys who don't have i...

Hey I don’t mean to complain I’ve seen enough of this rain if were to do this, do this life at all it’s gunna need to be fun, I’ve had my fill and I’m done, so very done complaining We’ve had our share of bad luck don’t sit around thunder struck we’v...

Keep the fires burning As I run through the fields Hear the snap of the raptors as I Hope my fate's not sealed I yell Please pity the free man Have mercy on me Don't rip my throat from my body Just trying to be free Keep the fires burning As I run...

It was 1906, but we screwed the timeline up. It wasn't just for kicks but I'm afraid that the jig is up. I tramped through time at the count of jump Smashed the past and messed the whole thing up, Now there's nothing left but Post-Apocalypse Punk. Tried m...

When you think you've finally found Your temple, your hallowed ground When you think you've reached all your dreams It's not as easy as it seems When you've got your castle in the sky And a Hammond, a gondolier. Put your troubles always still there Yo...

We reached back in time to 1881 We saw the past and it looked like fun We took their clothes and we took their style And the rest is history We bolted brass and we kicked some ass Wrote some songs by the lamplight's gas Soon our history we did defile And mad...

Spare my life, I'm another reborn Another year of strife, Another child of scorn Spare my life, I'm another reborn Another year of strife, Another child of scorn My only sin Was not to give my soul to you How could you Ask me to give up my only proven truth...

He walked into the bedroom, And the light fell warmly'round. Sparkling in the darkness, It was like it had a sound. And the canopy of gold silk, Held her body like a shroud, Sparkling in the darkness, Peach gold effervescent cloud. And the next time...

Down in the dust our feet are cold and tired We've built your walls we've built your fucking fires And even fought your wars, got in your lives We've greased your we pipes we made and laid your wires Heavy with rust our shoulders bear your loads I'm tired of...

He was just 23, cut like a rake Narrow and strong, eyes deep as a lake He was captain and crew to his craft made of chrome For the enemies' guns left him all alone The bombs had all dropped, they levelled the land So he found an island and put it down on...

This is what I hear, but I don't swear to it. I heard in the dark, a soft pair o' arms under the leaves, naked shoulders Under the moss, skinny sides. Don't wake from your sleep. Unaware of the common men who would judge what they didn't understand Sacr...

Across the sea of endless dunes There was a city covered in ruins Tell the tale of a faithless king And how his wives had been suffering Each day he wed another wife And each morning he would take another life And loyalty could not be found 'Til the da...

The watchman slipped too early in my cabin "Roust the crew; there's something up ahead." So I slipped into the misty morning "Bring your swords," I whispered to my men Hold your head up! Keep your head up! Hold your sword up! Fight! fight! fight! When you sle...

till I push this boulder up this rocky hill If I lose my footing this rock will kill Perpetual dusk has me dimly lit So I can't see the top or know how far is it Now life is a constant & death is a beast And every time it's been fed its presence increased...

She has always watched over me She takes good care of me She is such an integral part of me That I forgot who I was And I forgot she was there For me We have traveled this world for years We have consoled each other's fears We dried each other's tears Yet alw...

Sleep child sleep Sleep child sleep The daylight is waiting Consciously fraying in Sleep my child. Sleep sleep my Isabella safely in your carousel-a Sleep through the spinning Just like your beginning Sleep my child. Dance child dance (Dance) Dance child dan...

In an old toy shop in London Small girl met a bear, And she knew that it would break her heart, To leave him lying there. And though she barely spoke just yet, She asked her mom and dad, With silent look she said he’d be, The best friend she ever had....

Fly on, cowboy of the stars Sail past Mercury, under Mars Burning heat shields glowing bright Like a firework in the night Nothing to see but scabs and scars Under the Milky Way, under Mars Rusty bolts hold rusty walls If it unscrews, the whole world falls......

You You're special You've got special talents, thats guaranteed Ohhhh You, are so very special If you were a flower you'd have your own special seed You You're special With your own special face we both are agreed Ohh you, are so very special With you...

We've got a steampunk revolution We're tired of all your so-called evolution We've darted back to 1886 Don't ask us why; that's how we get our kicks Out with the new In with the old Out with the new In with the old Our underworld isn't filled with fear Just...

A heroine, a deity On heroin or vanity To jack their personality Beyond normal humanity A crowd of massed humanity Bows down and worships diligently. He's built a loyal following, And soon they steer him thoroughly. But jealous man plots from the pews-- No n...

She's got a terrible affliction That is spinning around like a top But it is a common addiction She follows the rules and can't stop She doesn't care what they're there for She doesn't know what they mean To stray from the norm she does abhor She thinks quest...

Well I know a cabaret Down a blackened street Where all the darkest knaves And darkest villains meet They'll drink the darkest booze Smoking the foulest weeds If you've ever had an itch Someone there can meet your needs Well I fell down there I bar...

Captain Robert took his men And flew to Prague and back again Some fell off, some dropped dead And some put bullets through their head A skeleton crew is what came back And once in port he filled his sack With bribes and cash and fame and coin Things t...

On a dusty rock Circled in a gypsum maine Stood a tall ranch hand Robbie was his name He had fire in his eyes And thick leather for skin His fists and his gun were the only thing protecting his kin Another day's been spent Soon I'll be broke This life I've be...

From the day she was born they brought her to it It had opaque walls & a lid locked tight She spent all of her life picturing what was inside This perfect world that its walls did hide Can you see inside the box? Can you be just like one of us? For those...

We met past sunset on the sands And walked together hand in hand We shared a night time that was grand And we set fire to the land We cheated life we cheated death We stole the day with every breath And now I feel we'll face the law So come with me to t...

I take a steam train to work Just like the one my father took And I pass over the walls I see the people as I look I see there's the block For folks with purple skin There's the block for folks who have no chin There's the block for me & all my kin And ov...

(spoken) "Ladies and gentleman, welcome to the circus at the end of the world! Tonight, for your pleasure, we will laugh, and cry, and dance, and sing, but don't worry! None of it means a thing!" (sung) Welcome ladies, girls and boys To this place of light an...

There was a young boy in a clock yard Building himself from the pieces he found Screwing on what's been left on the ground Hoping to finish enough one day to leave The years flew by and some gears fell off Fears and rust and tears he doffed And bravely search...

I'm alive. And I'm kicking, and I'm screaming and I breathe for the first time. And I think, my first real thoughts. they are unique to the world. next comes the praise, the admiration of all, and all the world, sing my praises. Then the clone,...

"You fool, I'm not trying to kill you! I'm trying to save you!" There was a white knight riding on his steed, Ready for a noble deed. On the roadside, a lady in distress With blackened eyes and blood down her dress. A wicked villain with wicked plans Do...

Fifteen men on the dead man's chest Drink and the devil had done for the rest. The mate was fixed with the bosun's pike and the bosun brained with a marlin-spike. Cookie's throat was marked belike It had been clutched by fingers ten. And there they lay, all go...

Deep, dark forest kingdom Under banyan covered skies Lived a king with untold riches; Jewels, gold, and two fair wives. Both had hair as black as midnight, Coal-black eyes that sparkled bright, Terracotta skin as smooth as bronze And tender movements like a sp...

After our days, and the fall of man One day this will heal again Beasts crawl forth over desert clay And mankind will be nature's prey Ruined towns break forth in vines; Trees, leaves, fleet combine Humankind will have lost its sway-- The world again will be...

I wake each night into this nightmare Only to find that the worst is clear I have to spend each day without you And spend each night dreaming that it's not true Dreaming that it's not true My life is one constant catastrophe Everything works but means nothing...

May I have the courage To remain Free May I have the freedom To be Strong May I have the strength To remain Secure May I have the security To remain Kind May I have the kindness To remain Loved May I have the love To remain Courageous Me and...

All these roots run deep And this tree is old This trunk is rotten All these leaves have mold Is it in our blood? Or is it from abuse? Past generations Legacy of misuse? I know my blood runs hot And I've seen my blood is thick I'm told my blood's n...

Testtubes and Tesla coils, clockwork brain 'n' glowing oils, copper, brass, explosive jelly, his mechapede policed Old Delhi. Invented the radio transmitting, too. Played poker with Theremin, Tesla and Poe. Harnessed cold moonlight to power airships and distil...

From the time we are born, the time we're alive Waiting for our story to start We practice all day, we practice all night But we're waiting for our story to start Then we're taught what is true, we're taught what is right We're taught not to follow our heart...

An evil old man let his mind run. And build for himself a most evil gun. But the gun didn't kill. A wicked thing it would do. Who the villain shot, became villainous too. He walked down the street, shooting all that he saw. He hit mothers and daughters o...

{spoken: My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake, and they live in a state of constant, total amasement.} Debbie dates daily with a boy for ev...

The rain was blowing The lightning cracked All the windows smashed With sails scorched or barely there All our hopes were dashed With tethered lines and planking charred The ship stayed on its course Our fires lit, the clouds around, And we felt deep remorse...

I run on the wrong side of life I'm the one that you fear when you hold your wife I run where the darker crowds run On the rain-swept streets where black rain runs I play where the darker kids play I'm the one who goes out when you end your day I dance were t...

Things could be worse I'm not a fretter But then there's the curse Things could be better! My knuckles bruised And my shoulder's cut I stand accused Chained in this hut (Pay the piper) (I want my money paid today) Now my payment's due I've kept my point of v...

Little girl in your dress of snowy white Get behind me, safe from creatures of the night Long ago and far away, hunting my demons down To make you a safer way, down This dark and twisty road Little girl, keep yourself upon the trail If you stray, you'll becom...

Black rivers hard as stone, lined with corpses of our own Through the bloodied trees, carving though our canopies Through the forest, cutting through the forest floor (Scars of man, furrows though our lands) All the cities toils, defeats our forest lore (Bro...

If you map out my psychology, It will look like archaeology. I've got no love for this society, I vote for total free autonomy. Take your newfangled this and your newfangled that, and you can line them up and throw them overboard. Your newfangled this and your...

Conceived in Darkness, late at night, the creature turns out the light. Slowly, creeping near, whispering in her ear. They take there cloths off, kiss her neck, her nerves are trembling, she's a wreck, Backs arch, he grabs her thigh, their reaching for there...

We’ve got 3 wheels and a frame of rust Blue skies above, and behind us dust Half a tank of gas won’t carry us far, But you're safe till apocalypse in Daddy's sidecar Got shotgun shells and 12 cans of beans, And an old stuffed doll coming ’part at her seams Yo...

We've come too far to turn back It's way too dark to unpack We'd stop right here but we're slipping This ground is loose, we're not gripping We're way in over our heads, it seems And this place is coming apart at the seams We can't stop or control our directi...

I breached from darkness I saw the day And I'm awake Held down by darkness I found a way To transcend my fate I took a step toward the light of day I took a step toward the light of day Is it my destiny to transcend my fate? Is it my destiny to transcend my...

I was born in a house ringed with trees, Between the mountains and the seas, So now when I think of home I believe, It needs mountains, and trees and forests and seas. Then we lived off Waikiki, And the surf and the sand became part of me, And banyans,...

Out in the endless barren wastelands, out in the lands of the free. There lives a stone hard people, and they share this life with me. It’s not a life for the weak of heart, or for all, most do agree. But for wandering tribal nomads, it's the only life we see....

I respect you enough To tell you the truth I could spin some false complements Would you think that's more couth? I could, I could, write us a song And only tell the good sides Would you say that I’ve made amends? That you prefer all the lies I’m spinning the...

From my fathers seed, From my mothers womb, From my families mold, from a broken tomb If I am the assembled, from the sins of my father, And if I am created, by the actions of my mother, If I was brought to being, by a broken machine. How could I come to be,...

He wakes up in the early, early morning He takes his first elixir It makes his brain speed up And he works all day 'til he's done And then the whistle blows And he wakes in a bad mood So he takes his next elixir And now he smiles and he cheers And he...

Two small girls, under the floor, under the weather, under the shadow of a darkened... Behind closed doors, living in secret, living in fear, nearly forgotten, as they hid down there. Families sick, families dying and they're starving and they're cold since...

Nobody saw our sails on the horizon Nobody heard propellers in the dawn Nobody smelt our coalfires burning Nobody knew - under the radar we crept on Well here we come on the run Our coal fires are burning Here we come fife and drum Propellers in the d...

I've traced this dream since I was five And I have barely stayed alive While folks have fallen off this ship While I have never lost my grip. So hate me You might as well hate me And go on, berate me Until the day you die. I'll go strait through I'm not gonn...

I can feel your life like a fragile thing I can call my own If I squeeze real tight I can feel right through your neck & bone I think I have the right for your sins you know you must atone I can feel your life like a fragile thing I can call my own If I t...

Victoria, come back to me I should have never believed You've been gone so long Why did I let you leave? Victoria, come back to me I should have never believed You've been gone so long Why did I let you leave? Was it simply my self-doubt That made me give yo...

Each night as I go walking I hear the dead men talking They tell me of all your misdeeds Lead me to all your leads Each night as I go walking underneath the lamplight I bring my baritsu and I'm ready for a fight My boots are shining brown And my cane's of oak...

It feeds on the souls of the living. It gets inside their minds. Transforms their brains and there longings, No consciousness you will find. It prays on their fears and emotions, As it has 2000 years. It ifected the Hindus, infected the Buddist, And keeps the...

The world is waiting for me While I’m waiting for you You're off patting your back No damn thing I can do I've got a family to feed I've got a life of my own While you go party for free I wait here all alone I look back at the songs That I wrote years ago I...

One hundred years ago isn't long Would you be blamed for another's wrong? Generations claiming retribution While your poets and your prophets are yelling "execution" Who's building the walls now? Who's building the walls now? I never held you down, I never pu...

We live outside, your cities heart. We are your walls, we’re where you start. A different life, with different needs. But if we fell, your city bleeds. We are your guns, we are your knives. protect your child, protect your wives. A different l...

This world is filled with islands Little specks of sand Mountain peaks in a cloudy sky Each one's a different world And so my sails unfurled And I will raise my sails high When I am feeling stagnant My lungs are filled with mud I dream of Beijing and Molokai...

Wasteland Warrior. Ride though apocalypse. Surviving in the wasteland, with a pain in your hips. You could never turn back. The wastes are your home. Survive the attack, and you’ll continue to roam. Well you won’t survive 'till morning, if you stay...

Great balls of fire are rolling towards the sky You know they're burning off the methane of those who have died You got ten percent population living on the streets And picking through the garbage cans for something to eat I know the problem here It stares us...

Hey little sister what have you done Hey little sister who's the only one Hey little sister who's your superman Hey little sister who's the one you want Hey little sister shot gun It's a nice day to start again It's a nice day to start again Hey little siste...

I don't plan to leave a beautiful corpse; I don't plan to live life scared All those fools believe in safety first; Well, well they're always scared When I finally reach my end, I wanna look back with pride I may not have had the smoothest trip but, Oh My G...

Run to the woods And run for the witches Run to the woods And run for the witches Run to the woods And run for the witches Run to the woods And run for the witches Come out from your huts and houses Come out from your terrible town We'll search for...

The sun drops low. Stains the sky a bloody red. The wind begins to blow, And the day is dead. Your facade is shed. Your armors on the ground. You become the real you for once, And you long to hear the sound. Found your escape. Feel the ground shake....

My arms aching, back's breaking, legs aching, neck And this whole ruddy ship is a huge creaking wreck. We've flown ten thousand miles with this thorn in our sides Though the wind's steady, strong with no clouds in the skies. The ropes creaking, ship's leaking...