1. IN THIS LIFE

The faces of the figureheads are there to fear them
But the money bells are ringing for those who hear them
And the seeds of your future await for you to sow them
And the sound of your voices will ultimately show them
All the ways you will matter and perpetuate society
The days you will shatter to bring you notoriety
The rules you'll be breaking will be rules for fools
And the pains you'll be taking will be your tools and

Make your own way in this life
Have to find a way to rise above the pain and strife
Make your own way in this life
Have to find a way to rise above the pain and strife

Piles of bodies and bodies we see them
And some that didn't make it didn't choose to be them
Cause it's hard to make a mark with a plague of illiteracy
But sitting on our asses is a form of complacency
That we can't sit by and tolerate
We have problems to eleviate
Bad education and suppression the homeless in the street
Are a few of the nightmares that we should wake up and greet to

Make your own way in this life
Have to find a way to rise above the pain and strife
Make your own way in this life
Have to find a way to rise above the pain and strife

In this life and there's only one of them
There's a means to an end
But unfortunately some of them destroy the things that we need
Like the creatures in the water and the air we breathe
And then we wonder whose fault it all was
Well maybe not yours but that's not it
Cause we take for granted the things that make our life complete
So open wide your eyes and get the fuck out on the streets

Make your own way in this life
Have to find a way to rise above the pain and strife
Make your own way in this life
Have to find a way to rise above the pain and strife


2. THE STRAIN

Into his flesh the knife cuts inside he wants to survive
Surgeons working hard to try to keep him alive
He's only fourteen years old beside the bed a cop sighs
Don't think it's fair he's too young to die
Pulse slows and then his heart quits doctor's try to shock his life back
They're unaware that in the street he sells crack
Bullet hole through the kidneys the man who shot him understood
If he could turn it around I'm sure that he would

In times of greed and hate - one must evaluate
The cause of all this pain - social problems stay the same
In times of greed and hate - one must retaliate
The truth is never plain - understand this is the strain

Tried to reach society's standard have wealth makes you a good man
Not in the wrong he just wants to fit in the plan
Teach our kids of wealth and power if you happen to live on the wrong side
Got to live a life of crime just to keep you alive
But today morality has lost everyone's reaching for the top
We can't change the world if a bullet can't be stopped
In this age we've lost all our values and maybe nothing can suffice
If it's true we'll crush ourselves in a self destructive vice

In times of greed and hate - one must evaluate
The cause of all this pain - social problems stay the same
In times of greed and hate - one must retaliate
The truth is never plain - understand this is the strain

In times of greed and hate - one must evaluate
The cause of all this pain - social problems stay the same
In times of greed and hate - one must retaliate
The truth is never plain - understand this is the strain


3. HIGH POTENCY

Today's another hopeless day - downtown surrounds
Cohesive thoughts cannot be made - the light it fades
I raise my head up to the sky - don't care can't fly
The army forces altered me - you pass me by

Not hard to see
My system used me
High potency

Interrogated from the government seat - manipulation
Mind exploited until complete - hallucination
LSD into my system - CIA experimentation
The real world has slipped away - illusions never fade

Not hard to see
My system used me
High potency

Not hard to see
My system used me
High potency


4. WINDOW

They're making you believe
That what they sell is what you need
Your decadence starts your decay
Bullshit lies is what you've seen
Censorship on the screen
This is your window to the world

You work - you spend
This trend will never end
Why don't you open up your eyes
The truth - they hide
No doubt the news has lied
Why don't you open up your mind

This ain't what life's about - dislocate
That ain't the real thing - it's a fake
I don't believe a word - deviate
Have it your own way

Consuming all we can
Wealth and stature make a man
Unto this screen you are a slave
Images of what is in
Controls your mind until the end
This is your window to the world

You work - you spend
No time to make amends
Into a wonderland you're hurled
The truth - they hide
Of wars when lands collide
Is this your window to the world

This ain't what life's about - dislocate
That ain't the real thing - it's a fake
I don't believe a word - deviate
Have it your own way

This ain't what life's about - dislocate
That ain't the real thing - it's a fake
I don't believe a word - deviate
Have it your own way


5. ESSE QUAM VIDERI

Faster than the earth is turning
Looking up my eyes are burning
At night alone I'm walking
Black cat clever stalking
In the grotto impatient waiting
Before long I see your face and
Whisper a word of greeting
Secret lover's midnight meeting

Chill wind our bodies biting
Whipping round like bolts of lightning
Full moon to some is frightning
Senses reeling pulses tightning
In your arms passion rising
Looking deep into your eyes and
Body movements hypnotizing
Scratching biting screaming crying

As I'm raised out of my body
I'm looking down from above
To be rather than to seem

Eyes meet no word is spoken
Bruised backs and bodies broken
Sitting back the pipe we're token
Bullets shot barrels smoken
Hot sweat our bodies gleaming
In our heat and passion steaming
Laid back to sleep I'm sinking
Of the nights events I'm thinking

As I'm raised out of my body
I'm looking down from above
To be rather than to seem

As I'm raised out of my body
I'm looking down from the sky
To seem rather than to be


6. A BEGINNING

Instrumental


7. FALLING AWAY

Someone take this cold from me
And let my mind run free it used to be
Easy to deal with the everyday shit
Now it seems I'm all alone to deal with it

Take me away from here
Falling away - falling away from the fear
It seems too near it feels too real
Have to find out why
And cut this cancer from my life

No one there to hear the inner cry
Only I can watch me die inside
I live alone among a crowded world
I can't forgive myself this weakness sets my pride to burn
I can't believe I find a way
To make it through this hell everyday
Slip slipping my reality slips away
Sleep sleeping it seems the only way

Take me away from here
Falling away - falling away from the fear
It seems too near it feels too real
Have to find out why
And cut this cancer from my life

Now it seems there is a way
To shed this pain from my brain and walk away
I found an ally who is strong as I
I need no other to get me by
Inner me inner me I am he
I and I set me free
I must control the pain
Just for another day

Take me away from here
Falling away - falling away from the fear
It seems too near it feels too real
Have to find out why
And cut this cancer from my life


8. KILLING TIME

Two stars collide in space I see it clear
Star dust upon my face why should I care
A far off hidden place I visit there
It makes me feel safe stops the despair

Help me find my way out
Can't believe you've no doubt
Just killing time on nothing we depend
Shattered hopes for the moment we amend

You know you look the same as my old friend
I can't recall your name or where you've been
You cannot take the blame for thoughts you send
And you can't play the game around the blend

Help me find my way out
Can't believe you've no doubt
Just killing time until we meet again
Guaranteed disappointment in the end

Help me find my way out
Can't believe you've no doubt
Just killing time until we meet again
Guaranteed disappointment in the end


9. DOWNTOWN

Now that I'm feeling downtown like never before
Now that I'm folding my fingers ready for war
The painted face of disaster I search for more

I light another cigarette
Swallow the poison glossy eyed
Dressed in fire with empty words
It came as no surprise

The people conversating beyond all will to listen
The people will stand in lines with great high walls between them

Coal black hair china white doll skull with amber slit eyes
Bittersweet with a razor tongue see through polished lies
The dim light is bathing you blood red adrenalin shock

I light another cigarette
Swallow the poison glossy eyed
Dressed in fire with empty words
It came as no surprise

The people conversating beyond all will to listen
The people will stand in lines with great high walls between them
The people conversating beyond all will to listen
The people will stand in lines with great high walls between them

Looking through star dust illusions with faraway eyes
Pretending they know and understand see through the disguise

I light another cigarette
Swallow the poison glossy eyed
Dressed in fire with empty words
It came as no surprise

The people conversating beyond all will to listen
The people will stand in lines with great high walls between them


10. PROGRESS

Into the grey sky blackness is blown
From this great machine breathing smoke
Hammering pistons churning of gears
Furnace of coals remain stoked
Roar of a turbine scream of a jet
Man's dream to learn how to fly
Mimicking nature study the wind
Travel on air through the sky

Progress comes from the will to learn
Conquest stems from the greed of man
Can't fuse science with hatred - can't fuse
Advance not with destruction
Proceed defying corruption
Gain ground keep moving forward - gain ground

Towering structures steel and stone
Built on the land that we kill
Burning our forest draining our lakes
Forward progression our will
Splitting the atom power to threat
Evil we hold in our hands
Frighten our neighbours pointing our guns
Until they reach our demands

Progress comes from the will to learn
Conquest stems from the greed of man
Can't fuse science with hatred - can't fuse
Advance not with destruction
Proceed defying corruption
Gain ground keep moving forward - gain ground

Progress comes from the will to learn
Conquest stems from the greed of man
Can't fuse science with hatred - can't fuse
Advance not with destruction
Proceed defying corruption
Gain ground keep moving forward - gain ground


11. LARGER THAN LIFE

Never happy never pleased maybe not what you forsee
These cats don't know what's up passively observing it all
Put you up on a pedestal try to make you larger than life
But how can you be down with your head high in the sky

Stand my ground won't back down
Keep my integrity never compromise
Say what I believe won't be pacified
Stand my ground won't back down
Yes we've been around sound surrounding is sick
Staying underground not on an ego trip

No we won't pay to play it puts no food on the table
Except the old promoter it buys him a billiard table
All these people sucking blood it's a wonder we don't run dry
But music's in our blood it's not like they don't try

Stand my ground won't back down
Keep my integrity never compromise
Say what I believe won't be pacified
Stand my ground won't back down
Yes we've been around sound surrounding is sick
Staying underground not on an ego trip

Stand my ground won't back down
Keep my integrity never compromise
Say what I believe won't be pacified
Stand my ground won't back down
Yes we've been around sound surrounding is sick
Staying underground not on an ego trip
Keep my integrity never compromise
Say what I believe won't be pacified

Woman here no money there but she said she's help me out
I better get some cash some day of that I have my doubts
Make me sick make me cry if you con't compromise
But we have our beliefs and our pride so realize