I'm an angel in disguise watching the world I'm a weary wanderer with sleepy eyes The world has gone wrong in so many ways See the wicked prosper in a predatory fashion
They're gonna steal the last single bit of freedom They're gonna hunt down the radical poets and kill them And I'm not sure if it's part of a wicked masterplan But I'm getting out of here before the shit hits the fan, that's right
Watching half the world taking all they can While the other half are left with empty hands The mean-in-spirit just keep cashing in Just like "I, me , mine" is never wearing thin
Life and death lies in the power of a few Too much of what's given is lost in transition Them little greedy hands pile up another cold stash, what else could they do? It's in the weakness of man I guess, but that's no consolation
Watching half the world taking all they can While the other half are left with empty hands The mean-in-spirit just keep cashing in Just like "I, me , mine" is never wearing thin
I'm a lonely angel on the boulevard Tryin' to speak your language but it's getting harder Any act of kindness doesn't go down well around here, does it? It may be out of fashion, I just couldn't tell
Watching half the world taking all they can While the other half are left with empty hands The mean-in-spirit just keep cashing in Just like "I, me , mine" is never wearing thin
Any gospel written is a serious threat - and the alternative truths from any dissident Any questions asked that will start you thinkin' are the steps of a nu-world in the making
I'm an angel in disguise watching this world I'm a weary wanderer who has seen too much The world has turned it's back on God For pride and profit and deranged obsessions
While the overweight keep dying of heartattacks The junk food chains provide the sticks and stones Still those haunting images just keep coming back I see the Kids of Africa are just skin and bone
The devil dogs select the major target Now panic spreads, we fear the next attack Now 50 killed in the London market They'll find a scapegoat soon and start firing back
I'm an angel in disgust and I'm watching your world I'm a weary wanderer and a tortured soul Just one of the helpless who watch this chaos While the firearm merchants celebrate the riots
They're gonna steal your last single bit of freedom They're gonna hunt down the lost unfaithful and kill them They've abused the power their God once gave'em Make no mistake, 'cause I'm not one of them Make no mistake, 'cause I'm not one of them
Keep our head above the water Anyday throughout the week Spending all on passing glory Way to go for shopping freaks Keep investing in new heavens "A perfect life" is back in store All this busy market thunder (You're) trapped inside revolving doors
Keep our hands upon the wheel Driving in the pouring rain Mindset on the latest wonder Set up games inside your brain Keep on driving to the temples Buy into perfected lies Looking for instant kicks While searching for the perfect skies
Keep on looking 'round the world Just to find a lasting fix All these offers ringing hollow All go down, but who is next? Keep on trying even harder Barking up the learning tree Mind is softer than the matter You have eyes but cannot see
The flickering TV reflects in the needle Someone's little baby just overdosed The highway patrol just killed a speeder Who's responsible for all this grief? Who puts the guns in the hands of the killers? The cynic just reached another high! Innocence lies slowly dying in a sad and lost America
When the light goes out we just can't help but falling You see, we all dig the dirt and we all dig the moaning When the light goes dim and all the bad keeps coming We all can dig familiar smells of thousand years of torment
We get intrigued by crime, 'cause death is mystifying See, people dig their lives, but love the art of dying And when the mercury falls I see the soldiers coming It's just another move in a pointless game to justify the torment
When the light goes dim it strikes without warning It's like a wave of anger and dispair, in spirit of the moment A man without a name will never see the morning A million died in Africa I fear and still the world was barely yawning
I really don't know where it's coming from I thought you loved us, but I must be wrong Just when I thought it's gonna work out fine You send those nameless shivers down my spine
Just when I thought that all was nice and clean You send those demons to distort my dreams You send the bellydancers up from hell There's something wicked but I just can't tell
Something lurking down in the deep But love's last warrior has fallen asleep Tiny ripples but they travel fast A wall of mud will be king here ever after
Another triumph for the unexpected All rhyme and reason disconnected Love just drowned in the wishing well Outside a dark and dirty hotel
Nameless bodies cover the ground Somewhere in the distance there's a barking hellhound Dripping oil from abandoned tankers The smiling Goddess is cold and stiff
Another triumph for the unexpected All rhyme and reason disconnected Love just drowned in the wishing well Outside a dark and dirty hotel
No sign of greatness, no sacred mother Here comes the lowlife, this little ragged brother World keeps him down, world keeps him restless World lets him know he's not that precious But he'll find his place in mean machinery He'll dream away out of the scenery
No civil rights, no final justice granted Go steal the show, you'll get busted Go speak your mind and you'll be left out in the cold Out of the limelight, you silly bastard! "So be a good boy now and join the club Your treasuredfreedom won't work out anyhow!"
Everyone wants to rule the world Everyone wants the world in their hands Everyone wants to rule the high and low Father and son rise up to the call
"This little boy is grounded" "This one is badly wired" "This one wants out badly now" "This one is sick and tired" The more you hold him down, the more you feed his anger The way he'll kick around to be the sole contender
These armed walls, ten tons of steel and concrete Can't keep him silent, can't keep his lips from talking The armed glass can't hide his ugly faces His rage will linger on out from the silent spaces Just like a bird will bleed and die upon a wire He's like the dragonfly that's drawn into the fire
Everyone wants to rule the world Everyone wants the world in their hands Everyone wants to rule the high and low Father and son rise up to the call
Set for a good old-fashioned game of chess Two worlds to be "cured" with certain measures "Let's strike them to the ground, it's our God-given right We have the power, we have the arms We have a strategy to get the job well done Some drastic measures sit so right in trying times We'd rather strike than wake up looking into the barrel of a loaded gun"
Some men are hard as steel, some are disconnected Some put their faith in any crook that gets elected It's a shady world, it's a playground for the wicked It's a world gone wrong, where the gap keeps growing bigger
The spirit of the rebel It's about to now begin The spirit of the rebel You can fight a man, but you can't fight his ideas Better sit down and talk it out now, turn the other cheek Love is the answer - love is the answer! So give us one good man to sort it out
How about some thinking before you blow the chessboard clean It's a frickin nightmare and an apocalyptic dream You can hunt the king down and expect the rest to give in But the spirit of the rebel is now about to begin
We're just a link in the rusty chain of time We're just the same old men that force the hands of crime The same old Kings and Queens that dig their early graves The same old brothers die upon the barricades
Unforgiven, at the whipping post You are knee-deep, uptight, downright mad every minute Unforgiven, ain't the world a blast? Say goodbye to the smalltown sweet dreams, reach for the limits
Unforgiven, all the world's gone mad And you can't go back and reverse the rhyme or the river Unforgiven, can't you understand All the punishment and abuse ain't meant for beginners
Unforgiven, have you ever heard You're a black hole soakin' in every inch of my living Unforgiven, so you dig the dirt It's a dog's life, rough ride, no time left for deliver
Unforgiven, won't you wipe your face? You're the wrong man, wrong time, wrong sense for the infinite Unforgiven, some refuse to learn So you go down the wrong line, wrong track, wicked old sinner
I'm not impressed when all your fancy trip is such a lonely drive You're just collecting but you can't admit it You're just a lonely dog with a million bones Looking behind you, I'd say there's nobody home
There's nobody home Ain't nobody home
I'm not impressed with all your high-tech gadgets Blind to the pricetage, in this collective madness You may have you will but do you have the guts To turn your life around and be a better man? Appreciate the simple things that anyone can understand
Mama! There's nobody home Ain't nobody home
You're just intoxicated by that lush life But you're ready to stab your brother with the twin blade jagged knife (That's where you're coming from, "the adorable you!") It's just a passing thrill and time ain't long I'm trying to figure out where it all went wrong Meanwhile you're driving in circles around the golden calf Them lonely bones start rattling in your desperate cry
Mama! There's nobody home You're a dog with a million bones, but there's nobody home
I pulled up behind a Cadillac We were waiting for the light And I took a look at his license plate It said, "Just Ice" Is justice just ice? Governed by greed and lust? Just the strong doing what they can And the weak suffering what they must?
And the gas leaks And the oil spills And sex sells everything And sex kills... Sex kills...
Doctors' pills give you brand new ills And the bills bury you like an avalanche And lawyers haven't been this popular Since Robespierre slaughtered half of France! And Indian chiefs with their old beliefs know The balance is undone - crazy ions - You can feel it out in traffic Everyone hates everyone!
And the gas leaks And the oirl spills And sex sells everything And sex kills... Sex kills...
All these jackoffs at the office The rapist in the pool Oh, and the tragedies in the nurseries Little kids packin' guns to school The ulcerated ozone These tumors of the skin This hostile sun beating down on This massive mess we're in!
Now the shepherd brings in all the sheep I'm the blackest one, will he look at me All I'm asking for & all I pray Is that the unwanted one gets a brand new day
I've been hurting, never shown those tears Tryin' to keep up, reeling down the years Guess I signed up for some pointless game What a wasted card, who to blame?
I've been foolin' everyone around Soon regarded as the talk of the town I've been gambling hard and I lost Oh, all the bridges that I've burnt to dust
I've been fucked up, lost my self-esteem I've been toasted in the mean machine All this sadness hurts, and all this shame Always hiding under different names
I've been thinking about what was denied About that spear of Cain piercing thru my side Life's been short on love, Life's been mean There's no way to hide all the dirt I've seen
I've been searching for my sacred place Not yet found it, now it's getting late All this falling down, no control God if you exist, have mercy on my soul!!!
