Jeff Pilson

One night when the stars were right
For the gypsy queen
And she found she could drog you down
To a place that's in between it all
She's a madman with a delicate hand
And evil eyes
And I've heard she'll only say a word
But that's enough to satisfy

Don't ask why
Don't even think about it
Brave men die
But what a way to go

She's not above
Death by love

One spell from the wishing well
And you're nevermore
A bad start for the sacred heart
'Cause the end has come before the beginning
Knee deep in the darkest sleep
But the eyes see all
So high you could break the sky
And never feel the fall to come

Strong men die
But what a way to go

She's not above
Death by love

Don't ask why
Don't even think about it
Brave men die
But what a way to go

You've got symptoms of
Death by love
She's not above
Death by love

Don't ask why
Don't even guess about it
All men die
But this is death by love

I think I'm through with just pretending
Knocking at a door, that I've been through before
Congratulations, at last you've seen my light
Now it's you against the night

I think I'm never coming after, after all

Now I've become the cat
Who always lets you know that

I am, I am stronger than the wind
I am, I am sin
I am, I am stronger without you
I am

For all the words gone unspoken
Silence isn't gold, or the story's never told
Investigation, at last I've found my light
And we shine

So now I'm like the cat
Who always tells you this that

I am, I am stronger than the wind
I am, I am sin
I am, I am better without you
I am

I think I'm way outside illusion
Breaking down the door, that locked me in before
Congratulations, now that you've see my light
After all

And when I become the cat
I'll always let you know that

I am, I am stronger than the wind
I am, I am sin
I am, I am stronger without you
I am

I am, I am brighter than the sun
I am, I am everyone
I am, I am better without you
I am

I am, I am stronger than before
I am, I am more
I am, I am ready to go on
I am

Help me, save me
I've just crossed the line where reason might betray me
Wake me, oh shake me
Send a message to my brain before they take me

How can I get through to you
That wishes just come true
In dreams

Oh don't go, no, don't dare
'Cause the journey drives you mad before you get there
Help me, oh save me
I'll be glad to give you back the hand you gave me

How I can get through to you
That wishes do come true
In dreams
In your dreams

If I'm a river then you're the sea
Somewhere you'll find me alone and swimming here in the ecstasy
If I am silence you must be scream
But I can't hear you, I'm in a place that you've just never seen before

No, don't go, you'll never save me
I've just slapped away that helping hand you gave me
Don't wake me, no, don't you shake me
Here's a message from my brain, you'll never take me

How can I get through to you
That wishes do come true
In dreams
In my dreams

And then you dream
Of a world with only windows
Inside you, you can hide you
You know

And then the night
You're just another empty shadow
No questions, no answers
No one to scream at you

Turn around and when you face the sun
We can make you be like everyone you know
Hey, you, you're just master of the moon

And then the eyes
If you look at them they'll blind you
Who are you? What are you?
Why do you scream at me?

Turn around and when you face the sun
We can make you be like everyone you know
Hey, you, you're just master of the moon

We can shake you, make you over
We just need some time
To shed some light upon your darkness
We need your mind

And then you dream again
In a world that only you know
Inside you, you can hide you
No one to scream at you

Turn around and when you face the sun
We can make you be like everyone you know
Oh turn away and never face the sun
You'll never make me be like you
I'm master of the moon

I've never been here before
But I'm coming back tomorrow
For the real pain, a cold rain again
Nice day for a crucifixion
Heard a new prediction
That we can all be saved, so I'll have

One more for the road, play it again
One more for the road

Never heard this before
That a child can tell who's evil
But it's a good thing if we sing along
Cold day, we can make a fire
Burn another liar
Can witches ever die, hey, let's burn

One more for the road, give me the same again
One more for the road

Well I've never been here before
And the room is really empty
But there's a big line waiting for the show
Nice day for an execution
Another wrong conclusion
But someone's got to pay, so let's burn

One more for the road, play it again
One more for the road

There's a child who just sees evil
And a man who just loves pain
But I've heard that we can't save them
So give me the same again
There's a cross that you can't carry
'Cause it's heavier than hell
And if you should meet your maker
Just pray that he won't yell

One more for the road
One more for the road
One more for the road, play it again

Fingers scratching blackboards make cowards of the brave
A natural reaction from the cradle to the grave
Rats and bats and spiders and little things that crawl
Never made me tremble, I'm not bothered, not at all

Then I saw you
Something new inside of me
But what's this shaking?
You made me shiver, shiver

Cemetery midnights, walking on the dead
Never seemed to matter, it's all inside your head
Names are only letters mentioned on a stone
And if you're going somewhere you're going it alone

Then I saw you
Something new inside of me
Felt this shaking
You gave me shivers

Magic charms and voodoo and all those other spells
Never made impressions and I never slept so well
If I had a nightmare, I'm sure that I would know
I really don't remember, but I'm sure it isn't so

Then I saw you
Something new inside of me
What's this shaking?

Turn out the light it won't matter
A bucket of blood, I'm still fine
A black cat's only a colour
But you can do it every time
time time time time...
time time time time.

Oh no, they're at it again, looking inside my secrets
Coming through cracks before I mend the wall
Get out 'cause you're breaking the law, how did you ever find me?
Places where I can hide can't get much smaller

I have invisible dreams where no one can touch me
Maybe I'll find a way to disappear

No one moves and no one dies
Just the eyes

I've run as fast as I can thinking they'll never catch me
What a waste of breath, a waste of time
Feel like digging a hole, going in even deeper
Maybe they just can't see what just can't shine

I'll be lost so no goodbyes
If no one moves then nothing dies
Just the eyes

Oh no, they've done it again, sending out the detectives
Searching for signs of life and that means me
In my invisible dreams when no one is watching
I'd make the whole world blind and I'd be free

I'll be lost so no replies
If no one looks then no one dies
Just the eyes
Those eyes

Magic numbers, even sacrifice
I can't find a way 'cause nothing stops the eyes

Bless me, father, I must go away
To save us from the one's who don't believe
Confess me, father, I have sinned
But maybe angels really sing
Fot the man who would be king

We laugh at your religion
You people of the sand
We have no superstition
You can read it in our hands

Forgive me, father, for the change we bring
But it's all for the man who would be king

Don't leave a body standing
Not the holy, not the small
Deliver us from evil
If it's yours we want it all

Lately, father, I've been wondering
Is the devil just the man who would be king

How can right be ever wrong?
We are glory, we are stronger than you

We never got an answer
It's just too late to ask
The bloody flag was waving
Our hearts just ran too fast

Curse me, father, for the chains we bring
And don't believe the man who would be king

We never got an answer
The question slipped my mind
I've been so busy killing
I haven't found the time

I'd like to see you in the morning light
I'd like to feel you when it comes tonight
Now I'm here and I'm all alone
Still I know how it feels
I'm alone again

Tried so hard to make you see
But I couldn't find the words
Now the tears, they fall like rain
I'm alone again without you
Alone again without you
Alone again without you
Alone again without you

I said stay, but you turned away
Tried to say that it was me
Now I'm here and I've lost my way
Now I know how it feels
I'm alone again

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(bridge)
I...
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Sit there thinkin'
In your room
You feel the pressure
You're goin' crazy too
The walls around you
Closin' in
You need a change

Claustophobic
Feelin' scared
You need somebody
But no one seems to care
A one way ticket
A change of pace
You've had enough
Can't take no more

(Chorus 1)
Breaking the chains around you
Nobody else can bind you
Take a good look around you
Now you're breaking the chains

Got this letter
Came today
From my baby
Who left me yesterday
Said she loves me
She'll come back
She wants to try

I won't let her
She'll be upset
I know it's better
Than somethin' I'll regret
She's been dishonest
And insincere
I lost my mind
Twenty times a year

(Chorus 2)
Breaking the chains around me
Nobody else can bind me
Take a good look around me
Now I'm breaking the chains

(Solo)

Woke up today
I'm alone
I look around
But baby you were gone
But I don't mind
And I don't worry
I will survive

I'm alone
Now that you're gone
Don't need nobody
To hold or tie me down
I broke the chains
So let me be
I've gotta be free

(Repeat Chorus 2)
(Repeat Chorus 2)

You weave your spell
Your eyes they beckon me
Your lips they speak, lies and misery
I know it's wrong, but I can't turn away
The flames draw near, they're telling me to stay

(Into the fire) I'm falling
(Into the fire) I'm falling
Into the fire

Your love burns bright, and yet the flames are cold
This time I fear, you won't be back no more
When will it end, your love consumes my soul
Into the fire, I'm being tempted once more

(Into the fire) I'm falling
(Into the fire) I'm falling
Into the fire

Take me back where I came from
Don't wanna see your face no more
You broke my heart, now it's not the same
I'm falling, again
I'm falling, again
Into the fire

Told you i had to leave, i had my reasons
I said that it hurt to stay, the way that i'm feelin'

It's not love
That left you standin'
It's not love
That left you cold
It's not love
Misunderstandin'
Only a mistake
There's nothing left to take

Why, baby, why did you make me let you go
And leave you so lonely
Why, baby, why did you have to hold on
You know it's not love anymore

Gave you your last chance but you didn't believe me
You can't keep me satisfied, the way that you treat me

It's not love
That left you standin'
It's not love
That left you cold
It's not love
Misunderstandin'
Only a mistake
There's nothing left to take

Why, baby, why did you make me let you go
And leave you so lonely
Why, baby, why, stop playing with my heart
I told you

It's not love
Telling you to be this way
It's not love
Sayin' you can never change
It's not love
When i told you
Is he putting you down
Down, down, down

A brief encounter
Like wind through the trees
It came so suddenly
But then it was gone
Like it had never been
How could i have ever seen
A lost heart
Will take your soul

How could i have known
How could i have known
As she took me in her arms
And brought me to an end
With the kiss of death
The kiss of death

She promised paradise
As she lied upon her bed
Like a fallen angel
With the devil's charm
She promised paradise
With the kiss of death

I tried to stop
As she held out her hand
But the fire was burning inside
She knew what i wanted
She gave it and more
But now i must pay the price
We were strangers
Passing in the night

How could i have known
How could i have known
As she took me in her arms
And brought me to an end
With the kiss of death
The kiss of death

She promised paradise
As she lied upon her bed
Like a fallen angel
With the devil's charm
She promised paradise
With the kiss of death

As she took me in her arms
I felt the devil's charm
Suddenly i see
The final destiny
With the kiss of death
The kiss of death

She promised paradise
As she lied upon her bed
Like a fallen angel
With the devil's charm
She promised paradise
With the kiss of death

With the kiss of death

(dokken, pilson, lynch)

Sitting in the crossfire all alone
Waiting for a world to show the way
Tried to find a rose without a thorn
Such a foolish notion fades away

[if it's all] in my mind
Then why does it feel
Like there isn't any time

Walk the road [follow the madness]
Of someone's path
Search for self [well it doesn't mean you're wrong]
If you can
'cause it's gonna be ['cause it's gonna be]
A long way home
Wandering through the maze of all the fears
In the mind it makes no sense at all
Tell me not what I'm supposed to do
Crucify you christ without my cross


If it's all in my mind
Then why does it feel
Like I'm running out of time

Walk the road [follow the madness]
Of someone's path
Search for self [well it doesn't mean you're wrong]
If you can
'cause it's gonna be ['cause it's gonna be]
A long way home

Mythical past
Future behind me, shattered
I could not be
Someone beside
Take back my soul, my soul

Walk the road [follow the madness]
Of someone's path
Search for self [well it doesn't mean you're wrong]
If you can
'cause it's gonna be
A long way home

there were days when we were closer
you were all i had
lost a soul but not forgotten
had to give ie back

lost, feeling so lost
no more tears can we shed
and time slipping through our minds
wishing i could forget

chorus

guess there's nothing left to say
guess there's nothing left to say
(nothing left to say)
when there's nothing left

memories of the days now passing
still they come and go
visiuons of a world we tried to say
we didn't know, we were...

lost, feeling so lost
no more tears can we shed
and time slipping through our minds
wishing i could forget

chorus

guess there's nothing left to say
guess there's nothing left to say
(nothing left to say)
when there's nothing left

tere were other days
whem i believed we'd make it through
i was such a fool
for the way i used to be
now it's time to set you free

chorus

guess there's nothing left to say
guess there's nothing left to say
(nothing left to say)
when there's nothing left

(dokken, pilson)

Tale of woe open up my eyes
Keeping me from the other side
Satisfy what my soul believes
If it could only see

On a red sky
In a green sea
On a black night
I fell to my knees

Save it for the innocent
Save it for the cruel
And leave it in the shadows of life
On a ship full of hopes and dreams


Took a trip down to misery
Realized that I'd been before
I found it hard to believe

On a red sky
In a green sea
On a black night
I fell to my knees

Save it for the innocent
Save it for the cruel
And leave it in the shadows of life
Read between the lines
These are angry times
Save it for the innocent
Save it for the cruel
And leave it in the shadows of life

Down these halls with many doors
Around each corner, right back where i started
Deep inside my mind it seems
I try to find an open door to go through
So they can see
I'm all right

Wanderin' round inside without a key
Watching with these open eyes
Locked inside the place that no one sees
Talking with eternity, trying to explain

Chorus

Why i'm stuck inside the maze
All the corners look the same
Thought i'd finally found the way
But i'm right back where i started
Now i'm stuck inside the maze
All the corners look the same
Thought i'd finally found the way

Another door, an empty room
No one seems to have been here for some time
Where have they gone
An endless world of corridors
Searching for the one that finds the way
They look the same
I remain

Wanderin' round inside without a key
Watching with these open eyes
Locked inside the place that no one sees
Talking to eternity, trying to explain

Chorus 2

Down these halls with many doors
Around each corner, right back where i started
Deep inside my mind it seems
I try to find an open door to go through
So they can see
I'm all right

Chorus 3

Now i'm stuck inside the maze
All the corners look the same
Now i'm right back where i started
Another door, anorther room
I've been this way before
All the corners look the same
(now i'm stuck inside the maze)
Now i'm stuck inside the maze
(all the corners look the same)
All the corners look the same
Now i'm stuck inside the maze
All the corners look the same

Desperate living, driving me mad
Writings on the wall
Crushed all our hopes and the dreams we once had
Just to watch them fall

Tearing it up in the daytime
Burning it down at night
How long does it take
To break the spell
Straight to the top
Tooth and Nail

Last generation, reckless and free
Up against the odds
Thoughts of revenge are going through me
Fate lies in the cards

Tearing it up in the daytime
Burning it down at night
How long does it take
To break the spell
Straight to the top
Tooth and Nail

(Guitar solo)

Desperate living, trying to see
Breaking all the rules
Only the strong are gonna be free
From a world of fools

Tearing it up in the daytime
Burning it down at night
How long does it take
To break the spell
Straight to the top
Tooth and Nail

How long does it take
To break the spell
Straight to the top
Tooth and Nail

Tooth and Nail
Tooth and Nail
Straight to the top
Tooth and Nail

I've been lost in the middle
Always trying to find the wishing well
Running around in circles
Never crossing the line

Don't want to touch you
Don't want to see
You've got a knife in your heart
Don't say that you did it for me

Never unchain the night
Don't tell me that the love is gone
Never unchain the night
Cause there's always another turn

You know right where you want it
But you never gave it in return
Running me in circles
Always crossing the line

Don't want to touch you
Leave you confused
You took the easy way out
When you looked through the eyes of a fool

Never unchain the night
Don't tell me that the love is strong
Never unchain the night
Cause there's always another turn

Never, never
Never, never

Never unchain the night
Don't tell me that the love is gone
Never unchain the night
I'm never gonna set you free
Never unchain the night
Don't tell me that the love is gone
Never unchain the night
Cause there's always another turn
Never unchain the night

Music: lynch
Lyrics: pilson, brown, lynch

Total confusion- one final sin
Someone's religion and greed
Accidents happen, someone to blame
Who's got the answers we need?

I don't know who to believe
But I know who's gonna set me free
Cause I'll be waiting

When heaven comes down

Ashes to ashes, sorrow and shame
Look at the future again


Angels in heaven walking the streets
Searching for someone to blame

I don't know who to believe
But I know who's gonna set me free
Cause I'll be waiting

When heaven comes down
Until tomorrow
When heaven comes down

Cause I'll be waiting
When heaven comes down
Until tomorrow
When heaven comes down