ASIA

[Adapted from "The Rubaiyat" of Omar Khayyam]

"The dawning of a brand new day
The waking of the whispers say:
That sleeping heavens will return
In deepest night the secret learned
And from these walls this city lies
The past will be our future
The journey will be over,
Awake!"

I saw the writing on the wall
The story of our birth then fall
Within their tombs of holy stone
The scrolls of life, one man alone
So if we try, we can live and learn
The sands will pull you under
Don't let them pull you under
Awake!

I travelled to a foreign land
Through stormy seas and burning sand
Led by the stars the ancient stream
The call of treasures yet unseen
So if we climb to the rocks of kings
Together we'll discover
The source of all our wonder
Awake!

Someday we're going to go back to the stars
And find the answer, who we really are
A traveller through the lonely mists of time
Creation from the sky

The dawning of a brand new day
The waking of the whispers say:
That sleeping heavens will return
In deepest night the secret learned
From these walls this city lies
The past will be our future
The journey will be over
Awake!

Someday we're going to go back to the stars
And find the answer who we really are
A traveller through the lonely mists of time
Creation from the sky
Someday we're going to back to the stars
And find the answer who we really are
If we try, we can live and learn
Together we'll discover
The source of all our wonder
Awake!

We saw the writing
We read the story
Awake!

2. Wherever You Are

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(Gold/Gouldman/Downes/Payne) Whenever your shadow falls on stony ground
And there's not a hand for you to hold
Whenever the dreams you dream come crashing down

Every time you think of home
Remember that you're not alone
And we'll be with you heart and soul
Wherever you are

And if you should lose your path along the way
And find yourself walking in the dark
Whenever the ones you love seem far away

Every time you think of home
Remember that you're not alone
And we'll be with you heart and soul
Wherever you are

Whenever the fears you hide come reaching through
Every time you think of home
Remember that you're not alone
And we'll be with you heart and soul

Every time you think of home
Remember that you're not alone
And we'll be with you heart and soul
We'll be with you heart and soul
Wherever you are

We're with you heart and soul

3. Ready To Go Home

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On the street below these walls
Where I used to walk
Now I can barely crawl
All this darkness rising tall
Lord, shine a light for me
I'm waiting to be calle

I'm ready to go home
I'm ready to receive
Forgiveness for my sins
I'm ready to begin

Take this river to the sea
Where the delta flows
The tide is washing over me
Guide this soul to Heaven's door
Show me where tomorrow lies
I'm waiting to be home

I'm ready to lay down
I'm ready now to sleep
A promise I must keep
I'm ready to go home

Sometimes I lay down with these memories
Breathe shallow, deep inside of me
Time has run its course with me
And I'm ready to go home

When the evening shadows fall
When the time has come
I let defences fall
To surrender's to survive
I will give up everything
To those I leave behind

I'm ready to go home
I'm ready to receive
Forgiveness for my sins
I'm ready to begin

I'm ready to lay down
I'm ready now to sleep
A promise I must keep
I'm ready to go home
Again

4. G

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If you want it
Don't look at my face
It's the last time

It's not forever
The dust in the wind
It's the last time

One world, one dream
The stars in your hand
No light, no life
The scars are made by man
Heaven can't help you now

In this madness
Take it while you can
It's the last time

This Holy water
Running away
For the last time

One world, one dream
The stars in your hand
No light, no life
So heal the scars of man
One chance, this night
To shine on this land
This time, with pride
Give back now while you can

All these fields, that once were green
Have turned to smoke and steel
The sun will fall, and the last moon rise
Don't turn this tide away

If you want it
So start it again
It's the last time
(The scars were made by man)

It's not forever
The dust is the wind
For the last time

One world, one dream
The stars in your hand
No light, no life
So heal the scars of man
One chance, this night
To shine on this land
This time, with pride
Give back now while you can

5. Forgive Me

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Silent wave coming down on me
Washing out the lie
Living inside me

Life's not hard
Now I'm on TV
This sudden twist of Fate

I am direct salvation
Just send in your donation
I can promise that you'll be save

Forgive me, World
I'm just a man who's lost his way
Forgive me, these two words I pray
It's time to make a change

Yesterday was a different day
Thought I knew the answer
A vision in my mind

Search my soul
And then you will find
A shelter for my pain

The truth is in the open
And now my heart has spoken
Hoping maybe you'll hear my cry

Forgive me, World
I'm just a man who's lost his way
Forgive me, these two words I pray
It's time to make a change

Forgive me, World
I'm just a man who sins today
Forgive me, these two words I pray
My Faith is still the same

Maybe I can't change the past
Maybe love can bring us back
Maybe we can try and start again.

Forgive me, World

6. Kings Of The Day

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[Regis Diem]

Heroes of the future
The keepers of the past
And objects of our beauty
Remaining till the last

Walking on the water
The oceans at our feet
The passage of our nature
The taste of bitter-sweet

So shall we be Kings?
Born just to win
Proud voices sing
And we wish that this life would go on and on

Looking in the distance
The fever on the street
Cast away the covers
Let my people see

Rulers of the network
Leaders from the dark
Embrace a generation
The first will be the last

So shall we be Kings?
Born just to win
Proud voices sing
And we wish that this life would go on and on

Shall we be Kings?
Born just to win
Proud voices sing
We will never give up till the day is done

Shall we be Kings?
Born just to win
Proud voices sing
And we hope that the Word will live on and on

Time waiting
Time taking
Life

7. On The Coldest Day In Hell

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Do you remember years ago?
All our hopes would ebb and flow
We thought we'd find a Promised Land
Our footprints in the sand

The mysteries, the twists of Fate
Have changed the path from love to hate
But won't erase sins of the past
They hide behind the mask

If I could conquer all our fears
Can forgiveness dry the tears?
If I falter, my soul I'll sell
On the coldest day in Hell

I'll never let you down
How can I tell you now?
But only Heaven knows
I won't let you go

I dream of demons through the night
A restless fever till morning light
My body's cold, my head's on fire
Give me back my life

Kill this ghost inside of me
Let me sail on deep blue seas
A new beginning, another page
Dawn gives in to day

I will conquer all our fears
Let forgiveness dry the tears
If I falter my soul I'll sell
On the coldest day in Hell

I'll never let you down
How can I tell you now?
But only Heaven knows
I won't let you go
I swear I'll stand my ground
How can I turn this round?
As this time Heaven knows
I won't let you know

When I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming of you
When I'm breathing, I'm breathing with you

But only Heaven knows
I won't let you go

8. Free

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Look into the distance, you're living in a cage
A fire burns inside you, that fuels all the rage
You're thinking of the outside, and dream of the past
The gates to freedom lie within your grasp
They're changing the system, rewriting the laws
Renaming religion, reshaping your cause
You always be lonely, walking with fools
The shadows in the doorways make the rules

Because you're free, this time
Don't be scared of who you are
Free, to find
There's no hiding in the dark

A new day is dawning, a New Age begun
Nobody told you which way you should run
Wait for the thunder, break from the shell
Is this the gate to freedom from this Hell?

Because you're free, this time
Don't be scared of who you are
Free, to find
There's no hiding in the dark
Free, this time
You can learn to live again
Free, to find
There is shelter from the rain
Free

They're razing the fences in the pastures of doom
The fields of our heroes, the land won by few
The call of a New World, dream to transcend
Now it's time to fight and start again

Because you're free, this time
Don't be scared of who you are
Free, to find
There's no hiding in the dark
Because you're free, this time
You can learn to live again
Free, to find
There is shelter from the rain

9. You're The Stranger

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Don't hang that sign on me
You're the stranger
Don't try to talk to me
You're the stranger

On the seas
They came from far away
From the skies
Their silver birds of prey

In one day
Ten thousand years could change
We are fools
To live your pilgrim ways

Don't hang that sign on me
You're the stranger
Don't try to talk to me
You're the stranger

And we drive
Five hundred miles this time
To the edge
Of crystal-cut blue sky

Silence breathes
South of the border line
Silent trees
Look back and wonder why

Did Father and his Holy Son
Spread the word and point the gun?
And where the eagle used to fly
They carve their concrete in the sky
Tearing at our Mother's skin
Taking all her blood within
Remember how it used to be?

Did Father and his Holy Son
Spread the word and point the gun
And where the eagle used to fly
They carve their concrete in the sky
Tearing at our Mother's skin
Taking all her blood within
Remember how it used to be?
Stand up again and say:

Don't hang that sign on me
You're the stranger
Don't try to talk to me
You're the stranger
Don't hang that sign on me
You're the stranger
Don't try to talk to me
You're the stranger

10. The Longest Night

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"What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs, -
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires."

(Wilfred Owen, 1918)


Now the day has run
When the cover comes
But any fool can see
Ahead

Silence is my friend
But it has to end
Any fool can see
Ahead

It's the longest night
It's the longest night
Cold winds may blow
On the longest night

So we write our letters
To those far away
Any fool can see
Ahead

The distant sound of thunder
A choir of wailing shells
Any fool can see
Ahead

It's the longest night
It's the longest night
Cold winds may blow
On the longest night
I don't want to fight
I don't know who's right
Cold winds they blow
On this longest night

It's the longest night
It's the longest night
Cold winds may blow
On this longest night

11. Aura

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[Instrumental]

12. Under The Gun (Bonus Tra

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As the world is caving in
From the pressures of the day
And you feel that you can't win
But you know you'll have to stay

We have to toe the line
It's so hard to take the pace
You're a better man that I
In the perfect human race

So... we live... Under The Gun...
We live... Under The Gun.

See the writing on the wall
In the city's caves of steel
Hear the echoes of the night
Will the anger ever heal?

So... we live... Under The Gun...
We live... Under The Gun... we live...
Under The Gun... we live...

Your mind control, your gift of lies
You brother, dear we're screaming
You said you cared, we needed you
You mother, now you're leaving

So... we live... Under The Gun...
We live... Under The Gun...
We live... Under The Gun... we live...
Under The Gun...

13. Come Make My Day (Bonus Track)

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It's all gone wrong
I just can't take no more
So don't you push me with your lies

Another parking fine
Ten more deadly bills
They say it's gonna rain again

They tried to comfort you
To take the pain away
The words they said to you
Could never be explained
COME MAKE MY DAY....
Come Make My Day...

This useless radio
There's traffic everywhere
I wonder where she was last night

Why are we standing still?
It's so hard to breathe
Stop the voices in my head

They tried to comfort you
To take the pain away
The words they said to you
Could never be explained
COME MAKE MY DAY....
Come Make My Day...

Let me out of here
The clouds are closing in
I need to see her one more time

They tried to comfort you
To take the pain away
The words they said to you
Could never be explained
COME MAKE MY DAY....
Come Make My Day...
Come Make My Day...
Come Make My Day...

14. Hands Of Time (Bonus Track)

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Who are we?
Casting the diamonds in her virgin sea
Look into the sinking sand, the moments rushing with no end
With every time the less there is to see
(To be free)

The sky grows darker by the hour
Your mind pollution, your world power
(Don't Throw It All Away)
This barren land is alter-Eden
Here we are... Here we start

Turn back the hands of time
Just put your hands in mine
Hold back the hands of time
Turn back the hands of time

Who is he?
The master of all wisdom turns the key
The wheels are spinning 'round the sun
Synchronized and locked as one
So travel back beyond the mist with speed
(To Be Free)

The sky grows darker by the hour
Your mind pollution, your world power
(Don't Throw It All Away)
This barren land is alter-Eden
Here we are... Here we start

Turn back the hands of time
Just put your hands in mine
Hold back the hands of time
Turn back the hands of time

The sky grows darker by the hour
Your mind pollution, your world power
(Don't Throw It All Away)
This barren land is alter-Eden
Here we are... Here we start Turn back the hands of time Just put your hands in mine Hold back the hands of time Turn back the hands of time Turn back the hands of time Just put your hands in mine
Hold back the hands of time

Turn back the hands of time

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