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War Cry

Prepare the cannon balls, disarm the shopping malls.
Take cover, it's an earthquake.
Your brain's gonna rattle, your soul's about to shake.
Give me one damn good reason
Why I shouldn't step up and take my turn.
I've been protecting my heart from the spark
And trying in vain to make the fire burn.
I'm pouring gasoline, striking matches
and tossing them all around.
Let me tell you, just above the sirens
Then you're gonna hear another sound...

I'm gonna start something tonight
And there ain't no way i'm gonna lose this fight.
I'm not afraid of a little gunpowder,
I'll find the rhythm and i'll sing it even louder.
Got a lethal weapon of choice,
Got a hungry soul and an angry voice.
In a world where nobody makes it out alive
This is my war cry.

I'm gonna go down to the tunnels
And dig my way into a fiery core.
I've been roaming around the good side of town
Just looking for something more.
But good advice for someone else
Never worked for me.
I'm a walk on the wild side,
The lock that didn't fit your key.

I'm gonna start something tonight
And there ain't no way i'm gonna lose this fight.
I'm not afraid of a little gunpowder,
I'll find the rhythm and i'll sing it even louder.
Got a lethal weapon of choice,
Got a hungry soul and an angry voice.
In a world where nobody makes it out alive
This is my war cry.

In the morning i'll wash myself clean of your disgrace.
In the calm before the storm i'll wipe paint on my face

I'm gonna start something tonight
And there ain't no way i'm gonna lose this fight.
I'm not afraid of a little gunpowder,
I'll find the rhythm and i'll sing it even louder.
Got a lethal weapon of choice,
Got a hungry soul and an angry voice.
In a world where nobody makes it out alive
This is my war cry.


Alive Tonight

We're not standing on the corner with a cup held out.
In our minds, in our hearts well, there is no doubt.
Sometimes a little danger is good for the soul.
There's a fine line between seeing and knowing
We're hanging on the line of precarious motion.

Turn it on, plug it in, crank it up
And then again, 1,2,3,4, now we're ready to begin.

When the stars align,
Rock and roll is alive.
This is our time
Rock and roll is alive tonight.

Gold and silver melted into our hands.
We ain't working no lemonade stand.
Tell me now why the ordinary
Makes you feel so good.
Well nobody brought us into this life
So we could cry about the changes that we denied.

Turn it on, plug it in, crank it up
And then again, 1,2,3,4, now we're ready to begin.

When the stars align,
Rock and roll is alive.
This is our time
Rock and roll is alive tonight.

When the stars align and the sounds combine
A voice is heard saying all the right words.
A crowd is near, suddenly it's clear.
Bittersweet goodbye, then you learn to fly.

Superhuman

Attention, Attention
ladies and gents of the jury
I bought this machine so I could tell you this story
I submit it as evidence for all of your ears
So you can shout it to parliament, your kings and your peers

Relax, no oneʼs gonna take away your special society
Unless you finally notice the ice has been melting right under
your feet
I need to know! Can you hear me?
Or do you just think that youʼre super human?

Now weʼre all merely players
and weʼve all done our part
a collective revolver fired into the dark
But Iʼm not gonna stand here and deliver the sword
Iʼm gonna fight, fight till I die, then just a little bit more

Iʼve heard youʼve been selling your soul
and youʼre losing control
Youʼll find that youʼre gonna get cheaper
as the water gets deeper
Itʼs not your place to decide,
Yeah you think that youʼre super human

Now weʼre standing
And time is demanding
If youʼre waiting for something
Iʼve got to know, well what could it be

NEW SONG! CRYSTAL CAGE!!

I hear him say good evening to all the spectators
you're in for a great surprise
Tonight you'll see fantastical wonders
so you can feast your eyes
I'm lying in the pressure of darkness
but my world will soon be bright
Hot lights on my face, every gaze in this place
is trained on me tonight

I'm living in a crystal cage
I see you've noticed my smile never fades
Has it occurred to you that I might be alive?

It's ugly but you play along with the story
and I am a pawn in this game
You laugh and applaud and think it's all right
to bring your children to this twisted parade
It's doesn't matter what I think or say
I'm a fool and I live a fool's dream
You're on the edge of your seat looking for our deceit
and you cannot hear me scream

I'm living in a crystal cage
I see you've noticed my smile never fades
Has it occurred to you that I might be alive?

I'm living in a crystal cage
I've been so carefully locked away
Has it occurred to you that I might be alive?

I'm living in a crystal cage
I see you've noticed my smile never fades
Has it occurred to you that I might be alive?

I'm living in a crystal cage
I've been so carefully locked away
Has it occurred to you that I might be alive?

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Straight Lines

VERSE 1
when you are a child
and they send you off to school
you keep your colors all inside
your little box of tools
twelve years later and the
only kind of boxes you'll need
are the ones you check off to keep
the broken system rolling

PRE-CHORUS
don't you turn into a blind machine
when everybody sits down, you stand up and sing

CHORUS
what if i told that i'm not yours to standardize
what if i like to color outside of the straight lines
what if i don't want to compromise?
you can keep your boxes out of my life

VERSE 2
each day you pledge allegiance
to the man who works while you sleep
and slips you novocain
so you can grow up to be
locked in a cubicle
subdued with a fear of being unemployed
and stuff the ballot box
for daddy's little errand boy

PRE-CHORUS
don't you turn into a blind machine
when everybody sits down, you stand up and scream

CHORUS
what if i told that i'm not yours to standardize
what if i like to color outside of the straight lines
what if i don't want to compromise?
you can keep your boxes out of my life

BRIDGE
we can take this gridlocked world
and turn it inside out now, yeah

CHORUS
what if i told that i'm not yours to standardize
what if i like to color outside of the straight lines
what if i don't want to compromise?
you can keep your boxes out of my life

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Mediterranean Love Song

verse 1
get on your leather boots
wrap up in your skintight suit
you're not a part of the old parade
cause you know it's a new day

you’re gonna turn the heads tonight
gonna rock it till it feels just right
you’ve got some brand new toys
and you know how to make noise

throw your body headfirst
hope for the best, wait for the worst
they’re gonna know your name
and nothing’s gonna be the same...

chorus 1
you’re not gonna get anywhere
they’ll serenade you with amediterranean love song
while you try to play along
(x2)

verse 2
little jimmy killed the royals
grew up on american soil
drank himself to death last year
that’s the way it goes here

we all lie down on the floor
get kicked around, and beg for more
like writing your numberon the bathroom wall
and sitting by the phone
to wait for a call

you know the sweat and tears
is not enough to make it all clear
but you’ve got a loaded gun
it’s all coming undone

pull yourself out from the gutter
shut ‘em all up, don’t stop, don’t stutter
don’t apologize no more
got nothing to be sorry for

chorus 2
you’re not gonna get anywhere
they’ll serenade you with a
mediterranean love song
while you try to play along

you’re not gonna get anywhere
you’ll give and give until you
burn out like a paper match
yeah, every promise has a catch

you just won’t get anywhere
they’ll serenade you with a
mediterranean love song
while you try to play along

you just can’t get anywhere
they’ll serenade, serenade, sweet serenade...

outro
poison friends and childish games
they’ll put you up in a picture frame
poison friends and childish games
nothing’s ever ever gonna be the same

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Masquerade

verse 1
if I could identify
something in my mind
that triggers you in the middle of the night
then maybe I could be okay
force the images to fade
and I could give up on this masquerade
chorus
you've been lost but not forgotten
I can't pretend that I will be all right
your shadow cut me open
and every wound just does not heal with time
verse 2
maybe it was circumstance
that led us through the dance
and we knew the rest was left to chance
and when I walk into the rain
it all comes back again
and I can see it going down in flames
chorus
you've been lost but not forgotten
I can't pretend that I will be all right
your shadow cut me open
and every wound just does not heal with time
bridge
the last time I saw you, you were standing
in the door the night that we went dancing
there was a song that I can't remember now
I guess I thought that you would linger
like a dream, you slipped right through my fingers
my heart is lead and it's pulling me down
chorus
you've been lost but not forgotten
and I just cannot keep pretending that I'm gonna be all right
your shadow cut me open
and every wound just does not heal with time

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Cruel and Unusual

I’ve been sitting and thinking and watching and hoping
But now I’ve really had enough
You’ve been sinking into concrete quicksand
How could you still be oblivious?
Hold out your hands and close your eyes
I’d like to give you something
Will you guard it with your life?

No no no no, this is not a game
We treat the Earth like one another
This is such a shame
With no apology we’ve been
Breaking nature’s rules
It’s a vicious cycle, this is cruel and unusual

I noticed that your front yard
Looks really, really nice
How many chemicals did you have to use
To make your little paradise?
This is really quite an impressive legacy
That you’re leaving behind
Can you look into a child’s eyes
And say it’s gonna be all right
And will you say
Hold out your hands and close your eyes
I’d like to give you something
Will you guard it with your life?

No no no no, this is not a game
We treat the Earth like one another
This is such a shame
With no apology we’ve been
Breaking nature’s rules
It’s a vicious cycle, this is cruel and unusual

Im not gonna settle for apathy
Im not gonna wait around for calamity
Im not gonna be a part of the insanity
I’m gonna stand up, stand up for humanity

Chorus
Hold out your hands and close your eyes
I’d like to give you something
Will you guard it with your life?

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Crazy Without You

I’m crazy without you, crazy without you
And no, I never knew I needed you like I do
I’m crazy without you, crazy without you
I’ll spend the rest of my life wondering why
I’m crazy without you

And the fire of betrayal never burned
So brightly as it did tonight
And I already lost you
Now the rest of my life is standing in line
And who would’ve thought that this could even happen
We always said that we would never ever lose our passion

And now I’m crazy without you, crazy without you
And no, I never knew I needed you like I do
I’m crazy without you, crazy without you
I’ll spend the rest of my life wondering why
I’m crazy without you

My dreams all started alone
Now they don’t know a life without you
I know I can make them true by myself but I don’t want to
I could tell you again and again that we cannot go on apart
But it’s all for the best in the end
At least that’s what I’m telling my heart

And now I’m crazy without you, crazy without you
And no, I never knew I needed you like I do
I’m crazy without you, crazy without you
I’ll spend the rest of my life wondering why
I’m crazy without you...

And now I’m crazy without you, crazy without you
And no, I never knew I needed you like I do
I’m crazy without you, crazy without you
I’ll spend the rest of my life wondering why
I’m crazy without you...

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Are You Listening

One dark night there was trouble in the city
A voice raised up in a political committee, said
“I don’t want your money; too late for your pity
Are you listening? Are you listening?”

The microphones are on, and the cameras are rolling
Somebody stands up and says, “I’m sick of the controlling
And the silver spoon that feeds all your stories and your polling
Are you listening? Are you listening?”

Sometimes I feel like I’m living in the eye of the storm
Spots of color say I’m farther and farther from home

Monumental crisis was averted yesterday
And the conscience of society is dwindling away
But it’s all right, we’ll bring it home on election day

So who twisted up our sick reality
Threw a trophy to the masses in slick duality
Made us unaware of our own mortality
Are you listening?

Sometimes I feel like I’m living in the eye of the storm
Spots of color say I’m farther and farther from home

Hey hey, all right, it was on a dark night
Lights in the sky, it was the fourth of July
Somebody stood up in the blink of an eye
Were you listening? Were you listening?

Hey, all right, it was on a dark night
Lights in the sky, it was the fourth of July
Shots rang out in the blink of an eye
Were you listening? Were you listening?

Are you listening? Are you listening?
Are you listening? Are you listening?
Are you listening? Are you listening?
Are you listening? Are you listening?

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Crowded

I’m standing
Standing all alone in a crowded room
I’m standing
Standing all alone in a crowded room

Start walking through the smoke
And I’m looking around
Everyone’s living with a blind eye
I feel like a poor man holding a suicide note
They look away in reply

I’m standing
Standing all alone in a crowded room
Alone in a crowded room
What’ve I got to do
Alone in a crowded room

I’m screaming but I know the air is thick in here
It’s thick with battle plans
I feel like a hungry child crying in another language
They say that they don’t understand

I’m standing
Standing all alone in a crowded room
Alone in a crowded room
What’ve I got to do
Alone in a crowded room

I listen carefully for a warning bell
But you could hear a pin drop in this place
I feel like a sad sad story no one wants to tell
Even if I’m looking in their face

I’m standing
Standing all alone in a crowded room
Alone in a crowded room
What’ve I got to do
Alone in a crowded room
Alone in a crowded room

Open your eyes
Open your eyes
Open your eyes
Open your eyes

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Devil All Along

I’m gonna need something strong tonight
Something pretty powerful
You’re more than I bargained for
I need something pretty powerful
Ooh, you’re taking me higher
You set me on fire
You’re taking me higher
You set me on fire

I should have known you’d be standing there
Looking like a saint and a devil
Yeah, I should have known
You’d be standing there
Looking like a saint and a devil

Everybody told me you were changing
I didn’t want to believe
But now I realize that you were just a
Devil all along, a devil all along, a devil along

My heart was just a sacrifice
Had to be made
So you could keep on playing
Your selfish little game
Oh, you’re taking me higher
You set me on fire
You’re still taking me higher
You set me on fire

I should have known you’d be standing there
Looking like a saint and a devil
I said I should have known
You’d be standing there
Looking like a saint and a devil

Everybody told me you were changing
I didn’t want to believe
But now I realize that you were just a
Devil all along, a devil all along, a devil along
You were just a devil all along
A devil all along, a devil all along, a devil all along

A devil all along, a devil all along...

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So Long

I’ll take a train
Down those rusty railroad tracks
I’ll take a train
Lord knows I ain’t ever coming back
It’s been so long since
My baby’s been gone

I won’t play the fool
Baby that ain’t me anymore, anymore
I won’t play the fool
This time I’m leaving for sure
It’s been so long since
My baby’s been gone

Oh, oh, oh

I’m packing a bag
And leaving the rest behind
I’m packing a bag
I’ve got Chicago on my mind
It’s been so long since
My baby’s been gone

Oh, oh, oh

Don’t even know what I’m waiting for anymore
It’s getting cold and I’m closing the door
I know that he’s gonna find if he comes back now
That he’ll be sitting alone in a quiet house

Oh, oh, oh

Oh, it’s been so long

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You Are There

Moonlight, just bright enough for me to see you standing there
I can feel it in my soul, I can feel you in my soul
Sometimes it’s so hard for me to let it all go, baby let it all go
But tonight, the sky’s on fire, the sky’s on fire

You are there when I turn out the lights
And you are there when I close my eyes
You are there all the night

I can’t take my eyes off of the place where the shadows dance all night
Well I know that you are there, I know that you are there
When I let my heart drift into that place
Well I know that it’s wrong, yeah I know that it’s wrong
But tonight when the world’s on fire, we set the world on fire

You are there whenever I’m alone
You are there and you don’t even know
You are there haunting my dreams
And I hope you are there when the phone rings

And I’m going crazy wondering if you feel it too
I’ve got so much to gain and even more to lose
I’m searching for clues in everything you’ve ever said
If you give me a sign I just might lose my head

If I can feel you...
I know that you are there
I know that you are there
If I can feel you...
I know that you are there
I know that you are there
Moonlight, just bright enough
For me to see you standing there

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Two Bad Hearts

Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na

Would you turn your back on your mother
Would you turn on a friend
If you got another chance would you beg for another
If you didn’t know that hearts mend, mend, mend

When you’re feeling pretty good one day
It’s so easy to believe everything that he say
If you want to be blind to the time out of mind
You’re gonna push me away, way, way

You’ve been pushed into a puddle face down
They say, “get up and try again”
But you can still taste the mud even after you stand
Two bad hearts mend, mend, mend

Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na

When you’re feeling pretty good one day
It’s so easy to believe everything that he say
If you want to be blind to the time out of mind
You’re gonna push me away, way, way

Two bad hearts are made for each other
In the end...
You blow another chance and beg for another
It’s too bad hearts mend, mend, mend

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Indigo

A thousand years ago it tore my heart
When I closed my eyes
And you were never far
I’ll never tell you that you
Hold me in your hands
No, you’ll never know
Cause you could never understand

Yeah, indigo
Yeah, indigo
Oh, darling you’ll never know
I love you so
Yeah, indigo

Well, every now and then I say a prayer
Even though I know that I cannot compare
I’ll have to face it now, I know that it’s too late
And I’ll never hear the words
I desperately want to hear you say

Yeah, indigo
Yeah, indigo
Oh, darling you’ll never know
I love you so
Yeah, indigo

Oh, I feel like I’m contaminated
Holding him but loving you
You know it’s hanging over me
And glaring like an old tattoo
I tell myself that you wereNever something good for me
But it doesn’t stop the screaming for you
That goes on inside of me

Yeah, indigo
Yeah, indigo
Oh, darling you’ll never know
I love you so
Yeah, indigo

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Chelsea

If you love me for my strengths
You have to accept my weaknesses too
And closing your eyes won’t do you any good
If you choose me for the good in my heart
You get the sinner in me too
And I wouldn’t change it even if I could

If I could break out of my skin
I would in a minute and then
I’d lie in your arms till the sun came up
And you could chalk it up to another lost love
I want to watch the world spin round
If I could ever get off of the ground
I could see everything from a different view
And I wouldn’t come down till I felt brand new

If you love me for my strengths
You have to accept my weaknesses too
And closing your eyes won’t do you any good
If you choose me for the good in my heart
You get the sinner in me too
And I wouldn’t change it even if I could

You say you want to get inside my mind
But you’re afraid of what you’ll find
Well my intentions are good and my heart is pure
And my soul is clean, though you’re never sure
The love runs in my veins
Like a sweet soft summer rain
And I want you to know that when you are near
The rhythm is true, everything is clear

If you love me for my strengths
You have to accept my weaknesses too
And closing your eyes won’t do you any good
If you choose me for the good in my heart
You get the sinner in me too
And I wouldn’t change it even if I could

Oh, oh, oh
It’s never goodbye
Yeah
I guess I’ll see you in my dreams

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Black Waves

[verse 1]
How are you gonna look in the mirror tonight
You must see this in a very different light
I will not apologize for the things that I say
Because you are no prisoner; you've chosen where you lay

[chorus]
Black waves
Tell me, am I standing in your way?
Black waves
Tell me, are you proud of what you've made?
Black waves
Am I crazy or has it been raining for days?
You left everything in flames

[verse 2]
I heard you've been asking for a cookie
for calling your unfortunate victims
But it seems you've mismanaged everything you've ever had
cause they told me you tried to evict them
By all means, continue with your phone calls
and head out to your business conference
I'll be unsympathetic if you ever decide to get a conscience

[chorus]
Black waves
Tell me, am I standing in your way?
Black waves
Tell me, are you proud of what you've made?
Black waves
Am I crazy or has it been raining for days?
You left everything in flames... and walked away

[bridge]
It's not easy to forgive
And even harder to forget
Your legacy will be a stain
It's the color of regret

[chorus]
Black waves
Tell me, am I standing in your way?
Black waves
Tell me, are you proud of the mess you've made?
Black waves
Am I crazy or has it been raining for days?
You left everything in flames... and walked away