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All lyrics © 1996 - 2001 Sunny Prosser

Still.
Dazed by all this beauty.
And I will keep this near...

But if the sun should fall tomorrow,
Will it hold?
Are these ashes the source of it all?

Flow.
Sometimes I could be dreaming.
And I know to live is dear...

But as the floor falls from beneath me,
Do I float?
Are these ashes the source of it all?

I plan to pre-empt my final breath,
And drag the whole world behind me.

And drag the whole world behind me...

Sometimes I could be dreaming...

How much more can they,
cram down my throat,
I need to choke.

Please hide me,
as they burn their systems inside me.
Blank screens, trip-wires and LED’s.
There be no escape from disease.

Truth, it’s what they’re telling you.
Truth, it’s what they’re selling you.
Shut up, what’s up, enough,
enough of all of you.
Shut up, shut up, shut up…

You, with this seasons style,
wind in her hair as she rolls down the golden mile.
I’d like to see you hang from that fucking smile.
See son, no escape from desire.

Truth…

They’re truth is wrong.
And every day we devour it all.
For so long.
You’d think by now.
We’d have had our fill.

In every ear,
in every house,
on every street,
they’re getting louder.

They’re truth is wrong.
And it makes liars of us all.
And they’re so strong.
What the fuck, I can’t believe it all.
And they’re so wrong.
And everyday we devour it all.
And they’re so strong.
This is wrong, and makes liars of us all.

He saw it all,
A burning addiction.
Watered down gold.
Most for some.
And every mouth full...
A thousand empty.
He had a feeling,
This was wrong.

So where to now?
Now all is gone.
So where to now?
Now I've used up all my ambition.

It's all around me but I am not buying.
I have no need for this all...

It's all for this all.
We burnt our souls long ago.

So where to now?
Now all is gone.
So where to now?
Now I've used up all my ambition...
All my self.

Truth's not truth.
Where did we slip?
Away, away.
Life's not life.
Where did we slip?
Away, away.
And all your decisions decided before you.
Before you.
And all your decisions decided before you.
Before you.

One day not so far away,
details will be forgotten.
You will burn or bleed,
I said you will burn or bleed.
It really doesn't matter,
if your actions pure.
Why so proud before the buddha? Why?

Shame was my name,
but now I'm trying to maintain.
Used to run amok,
but you cannot fuck the mainframe.
Used to drive me insane,
always losing in the endgame.
But I don't presume man is pure, from the womb to the tomb.
Just as the blossom falls,
and yet the tree stands tall,
I must accept my fate,
I must accept my call.
So I'll find this humbleness, humility, tranquillity,
slowly this mentality,
takes care of this reality.

You, you count your wealth by your paycheck.
You, think that you can buy respect.
You, you better keep your head in check, fool.

And so I think it through,
true to myself, for myself,
with my mind of stealth,
calm when everybody else,
is busy running off their mouth.
Yes there was a time when I was foolish,
but now I over rule this,
body and mind as one,
'cause I'm rising like the sun, in the east,
to say the least,
you'll never see my powers decrease,
especially since I roll with inner peace.
And so I roll when I fall,
heed the buddha’s call.
This is my all.

Why fall and why crawl alone?
Alone.

Must keep moving forward.
No more empty no-where.
Must keep moving forward.
No more empty no-where.
And all I've done,
and all I've said,
has amounted to myself.
Has amounted to this all.
Righteousness is the sun in a dark sky.
Righteousness is the sun. Why?
Righteousness is the sun in a dark sky.
Why are so many blind? Why?

...has amounted to this all.
Why fall and why crawl alone?
And I wont tremble,
I wont tremble.

She is dead, and I am numb.
Unseeing eyes, and lolling tongue.
But oh man, she was so young,
and it could be anyone.

Did you want it all?
Did you get it all?
Lose your soul,
Now I've lost it all.....

And now she's gone, it's not the same.
Asleep I dream, and wake insane.
See what they mean, by love in vain.
No guarantee, there'll be no pain.

Did you want it all?
Did you get it all?
Lose your soul,
Now I've lost it all.....

Do we want it all?
Do we get it all?
Lose your soul,
Till death do us fall.....

Oh her smile could bury darkness,
Where is it now?
Oh her smile... in buried darkness,
Where is she now?
My love's in vain,
all my love's in vain.

I want you to know that I cared,
now you are gone it's not the same,
and I'm scared.
Where is she now?
All my love's in vain.
Where is she now?

I try to be just the best that I can be.
I've built myself up from obscurity.
I try to be cool,
with those who would be cool to me.
A piece of mind,
for those who make a fool of me.
And now I'm faced, with a waste,
of my time and space.
Hit me when I turn my back,
now I guess I've had a taste.
Yes you have just chosen your path,
my friend you have just chosen your path.

You've got to see that what you say is what you be.
You hurt yourself when you think you're hurting me.
And when your karma comes,
boy will it come through.
No peace of mind,
you find you brought it on to you.
And just to spite me they attack,
but I double back.
Hit'em with the fucking facts,
let’em know just where I’m at.
Yes you have just chosen your path,
my friend you have just chosen your path.

You light the fire in which one day you will burn.

You light the fire.....you will burn.

I turn my back on this shit,
on this fucking shit.
If you got smacked in the lip,
would it make you quit,
speaking less in fact than in fict?
What's become of it?
you're choosing to attack, to inflict,
but I've felt none of it.
There is no merit in hate.

You light the fire in which one day you will burn.

You light the fire.....you will burn.

Life is sorrow,
but you dwell too much on the pain.
And tomorrow it’ll be a better day.

We are all down.
Oh but I am looking up.

And like a willow,
beneath the storm it learns to sway.
And it still grows,
instead of getting swept away.
And that’s a better way.

‘Cause it’s in my blood.
Heart keeps beating, no condition.
And it’s in my soul.
I keep breathing, heart keeps pumping.
This means something.
So I strive.
‘Cause its in my blood.
And it’s in my soul.
And I feel it all,
And I love you all.
Many waste their time,
Always bitch and whine.
But I’m feeling fine,
It’s all in your mind.

Lift your thoughts and you wont get caught.

I can see dark clouds on horizon.
I grip the mud as the blood fills my eyes in.
Always on my mind, will I die? Will I die?
At last an empty mind.

All of my life I thought I was invincible.
Now as I breathe my last breath I feel fulfilled.

Ashes float on the breeze,
And I lost my head to the enemy.
When I woke this morning it was on my mind.
One thousand cuts a night.
I’ve learned my lessons well.
Always on my mind, will I die? Will I die?
At last an empty mind.

As a child I had a dream,
Over and Over and Over again.
The tides against you,
The dice are rigged,
No more, no less, now fucking live.

Come, in a place far from here,
Lies a place I hold dear.
Like a phoenix I will rise from this fear.
No eyes, no ears, no face.
No touch, no sight, no taste.

We were just passing time.
Bored old spacemen.
Push it in, Turn it out.
This worlds on fire….
And I am the fuel,
And you are too.
And I exhale your breath.

To have and never want again….

And maybe I should be running,
Instead of walking.
Three steps at a time.
This worlds on fire...

Come, follow me, outside, mon ami.

I want to jump off and not know
  where I’m going to land.
I want to sit back and watch this
  whole world expand.
I want to get hit then get back up
  and shake your hand.
I want to do things that I don’t
  even understand.
‘Cause I feel like it.
‘Cause I feel like it.
It’ll take more than one rope to hang me.
It’ll take more than you’ve got to hold me down.
Life is so short.
Life is so short...

Life in freefall.
Hold me.

I will explode like my namesake,
touch a thousand worlds,
with knowledge of my pain and hate.
If you don't like something, change it.
I'm sick of trying to explain it,
cause I was born to explode,
watch me uncurl,
touch a thousand planets with fragments,
of a lost world.
If you don't like something, change it,
I'm sick of trying to explain it....

Oh, I swear I will.....
Sow... I sow the seeds of change.

Do you know what is wrong?
Does life go on and on?

Oh, I swear I will...
Sow (you know me) I sow the seeds of change.

Do you know what is wrong?
Does life go on and on?

I wonder what will happen,
as we approach the year 2000,
will we die from overcrowding?
Can we do anything about it?
Are we doomed to fall?
Pull the trigger,
while we're facing the wall.
Have they fucked us all?
No we fucked it ourselves,
now they're making us crawl.
Don't ask me why,
we come and go,
in the blink of an eye.
After day comes night,
and after night comes day,
so it's alright.
It's alright.

What is wrong?
Does life go on?
We die away.

You take it high,
I take it low.
You say goodbye,
I say hello.
And there were things,
I shouldn't know.
And there were places,
That I... Shouldn't go.

I take it low,
then make it high.
And when I stopped,
to wonder why.
I couldn't help,
begin to cry.
We are blind,
Both you... and I.

We are blind.
Blind to the core.
Blind to the core.
Why?

You could never repay me,
You could never repay my,
You could never repay me,
You could never repay my light.

Blind.
We are blind.
Blind to the core.
Blind to the core.
Why?

Rise, Fall, Rise and fall again.

1, 2, 3,
Systems rise and fall,
I RISE ABOVE IT ALL.
And some choose to crawl,
while others they choose to stand tall,
with pride, inside,
and then they died.
I heard it was a ritual suicide,
Seppuku to the otherside.

Rise, Fall, Rise and fall again.

Like the tide,
that I ride,
it's called life.
And it could be a ritual suicide,
to those with no clue inside.
Reborn new inside,
who are you inside?
How do you feel,
when you're slit from side to side?

Rise, Fall, Rise and fall again.
Because we..
Rise, Fall, Rise and fall again.

'cause you know,
if i could try it all again,
yes I would.
yes I would.

yes I would.

Life is like moving without breathing,
you got to take action without seething,
and you never know what's happening,
what's happening?
what's happening?

To me.

I'm gonna cut it up now.
Alone,
alone.

Oh, I have tried,
but I failed,
now I'm never going there again.

Think if you thought,
of the lies that you bought,
then you might not get caught,
by the lies that are taught.
Think if you screamed,
that you never quite seemed,
to achive all you dreamed,
now you feel deceived.

Oh, I have tried,
but I failed,
now I'm never going there again.

Let's go!

I'm gonna cut it up now.
Alone,
alone.

Oh I've redefined,
my mind,
Up-grade and leave them all behind.
Those who said,
and those who thought,
I would end up as a nought.
Here's myself.
Here's worth.
I've proved you wrong all along,
no surprise to me.
Worth.

Oh sweet taste,
mine alone.
The judgement gone,
but I go on and on and on...
A juggernaut I am.
Where's your power?
Where's your control now?
Where's your smugness?
What is your little world worth?

I was born with a fire inside,
fuel and refuel until I rule my empire.
Barbed like a wire, the fire's entire.
Don't give a fuck about a sucker vampire.

I....I hate you, I hate you.

He said to me that I got to see,
The brighter side of reality,
He said to me he's a visionary,
But it's o.k.,
I'll live my life in misery.

He said to me he's a visionary,
Well how was I supposed to see,
And I don't know what it means to me,
But it's o.k.,
I'll live my life in misery.

You lied.
This is what you get,
This is what you see, see?
This is what you find,
This is what you be, be?
This is what you are,
This is what you need, need?
This is what you get,
You live you're life in misery.

You lied.
You lied to me.
you never cared.

Shadows knot my dreams.
Night's eternal streams.
Never ending glade.
Ever bending shade.
I stand alone in this,
in the anyways abyss,
Sight.
What can I see,
I see.
What can I see,
I see.
What can I see,
I see.
What can I?

Visions I pass by.
Nights eternal sky.
I spend the night,
yearning for the light.
I stand alone in this....

No I never said that everything would be alright
I never said it
no I never said that everything would be alright
I never said that everything would be alright
god damn I never said it no I never said it....
I never said that everything would really really be alright

I live,
and I give,
and I take,
Not asleep yet not awake.

Sight...

I remember when we used to play,
Down by the street all day,
Now it seems like every way,
Is filled with shades of grey.
And when I tried to find,
Life of a better kind,
I'm held back by my mind.
Is this my life?
Do I feel fine?
My life.

And when I tried to be,
a little bit more free,
a little bit more like me,
You fucking laughed.
And when I tried to find,
Life of a better kind,
I'm held back by my mind.
Is this my life?
Do I feel fine?
My life.

Should've known better then,
but I never knew better now,
and if I told you that you were my friend,
would it matter to you anyhow?
So deal with it and realise,
You've been,
Hypnotised by all their lies.
You've been,
Struggling against the tide,
Feeling like you want to die.

Can't trust no-one.
Except myself.
Trust no-one else.
No-one.

Should've known better then,
but I never knew better now,
and if I found out that you wern't my friend,
would it matter to me anyhow?
So deal with it and realise...

Should've known better
but I never knew better
but I'm getting it together
time to see some brighter weather...

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Twisting, turning, burning,
in fire you're unseeing.
It's all I see you do...
follow.

You may be content,
but I am not content,
to live my life that way...
follow.

So long, so wrong.

Maybe the more we scream,
maybe the more we choke.
But you never scream,
and you never hope.
And they're coming through,
with their plans for you.
Keep their numbers true...
Un-educate.

So long, so wrong.

What it means to live,
what it means to grow,
what it means to give,
you will never know.
So this ones for you,
who dosen't know what to do,
but keep your numbers true...
Regulate.

So long, so wrong.
I choose to understand,
what you don't understand.

I am free, said the man in the cell,
all of the world is just flesh and bone to me.
And what you see before you right now,
it might not be, it might not be.
And when it comes, will I know it's face?
Will I know that it is the only way?
And when it goes, will I know my fate?
Will I see the world's just flesh and bone like me?

So long, so wrong.