I guess I didn't know what I was doing I guess I didn't realize why time felt like sand running And I would try to get as high as I could And if I could change myself I would Oh I would gladly get lost in this town Follow every little back alley sound Keep myself totally alone While walking the sand steps to my home And when the world cuts me to my bone I would return to the only place I own In this cave I play games until the dawn Numbing my head until the mind is truly gone Yeah you've got to decide to just simply start Find some people who will ignite that fire in your heart They will stick with you almost 'till the end They will listen, and yes they will mend Escaping in to worlds that the computer feeds to me After all these battles the clock would strike to three And I would get up exhausted and think of the world I once had But I'd leave it anyway and say to myself “Now's not the time for that” Never be afraid of what the world wants from you It only needs the answers you have found to be true We all have our place and believe me when I tell you this Accepting yourself is the hardest thing there is But baby you'll find comfort in knowing It's only a matter of getting going There is no force in this world that can put a stop to this You just have to take aim and you'll never truly miss Escaping in to worlds that the computer feeds to me After all these battles the clock would strike to three And I would get up exhausted and think of the world I once had But I'd leave it anyway and say to myself “Now's not the time for that”

I'm standing here in the alley of our youth Thinking how sure we were of the truth I look at our old wooden fence And I try to make some sense In how things got so tense And now after all these years The fog of memories clears I'm finally getting rid of my fears I guess I miss your advice In how to live with this vice I've been waiting to join the skies I'm forced to retreat And I don't know why I'm forced to retreat From your eye I'm forced to retreat And I don't know why I'm forced to retreat With this lie You were the pillar of this house The only thing now remains is your red blouse I keep it as a reminder of your style I would rather have your smile But you only see me as completely vile I'm forced to retreat And I don't know why I'm forced to retreat With this lie I'm forced to retreat And I don't know why I'm forced to retreat From your eye Yes I promise to leave you alone Yes I promise to not make myself known And yes I do still miss you And yes I do somehow get through

There's a man sitting in a train bound to Spain Wondering what went wrong He closes his eyes and tries to fall asleep His mind hasn't had peace for long Across the corridor a woman sits with his son The child is fast asleep With both their tickets in her hand Her grief is almost too deep And a man dressed in black starts to play with his watch And the train enters a tunnel and all goes black For a good minute everybody gets to be by themselves All alone in the dark Ready to try again And then it's time to go back There's a man sitting in a train bound to Spain Laughing how everything went right He closes his eyes and tries to fall asleep There's no more reasons to fight Across the corridor a woman sits with his son The child is wide awake With both their tickets in her hand She looks out in peace at the lake And a man dressed in black starts to play with his watch And the train enters a tunnel and all goes black For a good minute everybody gets to be by themselves All alone in the dark Let's try it one more time Let's turn it back one more time

All bow down to the queen Who sold her nation for wealth All bow down to the queen Who demands your absolute attention And all rise rise for the king Who raised his army of one-armed soldiers And all rise for the king Who accepted this terrible bargain In her tower she keeps her court She hides behind the walls of an old iron fort Learned from her father how to extort The old man wasn't around for that long Decided that her brother's life would be cut short Her sister too now sleeps beneath our port A child inside her she felt ready to abort Now the queen rules with her consort All bow down to the queen Who sold her nation for wealth All bow down to the queen Who demands your absolute attention I was taken from my ivory tower I cannot say when she went mad with power My wife she died in a bullet shower Sometimes I wish I could have joined her The queen played cards with the king of thieves for a simple wager of land This game was set up on her command But she lost the game which was quite unplanned Now the man sleeps with no right hand She has sent away the children of this nation They advertise it as a hero's salvation While the family is forced to make a donation Even me they threatened with castration The young men come back with their eyes white With scars on their faces that shine bright The only thing they now know how to do is fight Brainwashed to think they're some kind of white knight All bow down to the queen Who sold her nation for wealth All bow down to the queen Who demands your absolute attention And all rise rise for the king Who raised his army of one-armed soldiers And all rise for the king Who accepted this terrible bargain

I have the whole night to myself A good seven hours of dancing and singing I just wish that the walls would shut their ears So I could have my moment in private My moment in private This time of the cycle is just perfect for me The world gets so quiet And most of the mouths of tomorrow are fast asleep And the truth never gets told between nine-to-five Nine-to-five He prefers to live his life by trial-and-error Never was much for books Yet I learned all I know from him Like how to repeat my most beautiful mistakes My most beautiful mistakes I'd like to stop writing about the act of writing in itself I'd like to stop feeling the need to corrupt my own house I'd like to get out of this maze of promises made years ago Complex problems for a simple mind I'm finding my own voice Amidst a crowd of liars I follow the lead of better men than all of us I was ready to go around the world In my quest to peel away your layers In my quest to peel away In to a bed of rose petals One is eager to throw a match But would you rise from the ashes like a phoenix Ready to meet the demands of modern men Oh you dark and silent night I wish I could stay and enjoy you For a few moments more So you could wrap your hands around me You self-absorbed prick Stop trying to look for answers in those mirrors That stand guard in your halls I readily admit I paint my paintings with blood But it's not drawn from my veins No it's not drawn From my veins

She ran the light In to the night With the past close on her heels In a state of mind To leave it behind She burned those car wheels She told me a tale Of a time spent in jail With a man who had a face of stone He would not speak Labeled a freak In the corner he sat alone Wherever she sleeps in the sand Wherever she sleeps in the sand Wherever she sleeps in the sand I'll be there Be there Be there She bought a glass That could at last Show the demons underneath And one by one Exposed to the sun The spirits showed her their teeth But the price was high And now they wonder why How empty remains that cell The girl lost her mind The man just went blind But he still sees visions of hell Wherever she sleeps in the sand Wherever she sleeps in the sand Wherever she sleeps in the sand I'll be there Be there Be there Before she went away She advised me to pray I asked who were they But she would not say She would not say She would not say