so far
Etched on my mind unsure
Common sense
Confidence

Far reaching consequence
Born from indifference
Leave me here now

Forgotten with pretence
Forward and sufferance
Leave me here now

When the time was right
And the signs were clear
I should have known
But I didn't hear the warning

The calling

When the moment came
And the lonliness
Was falling in
I couldn't find a reason

I stopped believing

Once more to the breach
There's nothing left to teach me now, now!
Stand up and be counted
No more time for doubt, stand up, stand up!

Was it empathy or apathy we shared?
There's no understanding
When honesty's not there

No hand me down excuses, insincerity too far
Are brave enough or strong enough?
When truths are told in halves

Now it's obvious
It's so obvious to me
Now it's obvious
In this wilderness you'll see

That hollow words are reckless
Allies souls can move apart
Surface wounds infectious
Through to your Achilles heart

Ooh, forgive them for they know not what they do
What is forgiveness?
Who grants forgiveness?
Who gives a damn?

I'm breaking out of this wilderness
I turn my back on all the make believe and promises
A soldier of fortune, I fell once before
But I live again, I'm part of this once more

I'm breaking out of this wilderness
I've cut my way through all the sympathy and tenderness
A soldier of fortune, I fell once before
But I live again, I'm part of this once more



Crying for help I

(Nolan/Pointer)

Instrumental track



Valley of the kings

(Nolan/Pointer)

Desperation on your own
Let the kindred spirits go
Keep on building, stone on stone

Never fail, never doubt
Stands alone, stone on stone
I shall lie within this shrine

Waiting for ten thousand years
Free from preconceived ideas
Isolated, hibernating
Sleeping through the age of man

Darkest hour before the dawn
Patiently, silently
Hanging on a single hope
Clinging to a fragile rope

Desperation, preservation
Keeping the faith
Too much at stake
Do what the gods say

Every day the idea grows
Money is no object so
Keep on building, stone on stone

Let the temple reach the clouds
Stands alone, stone on stone
Working on the grandest scale

How could worshipped idols fail?
What is mine is mine you know
Rights are not for you and so
Keep on building, stone on stone

Make it strong and make it proud
Stands alone, stone on stone
In this glory lies the key
Mine is immortality

Untold wealth hidden with care
By stealthy people
Promised riches stored in haste
By urgent people

Sworn on the good book, hard look
Hardly a whisper, a whisper away
Sworn on the new faith, keep sake
Keeping a distance, a distance away

Jewels lie thick as far as the eye
As far as the eye can barely see
Elegant crystal, the wishful
Dragged through the sands of time for me

Born from resistance, innocence
Into the darkness the blind will be thrown
Born from acceptance, vehemence
Venomous promises, innocent foes

You will all hear me, all fear me
Standing in line with your faith at your feet
Do what your will has and fight back
Come meet your maker, your saviour

One man, fate unknown
Born of stone on stone
One flame lights the fire
Dawn of stone on stone

My faith will stand up alone
Your light enriching the sacred stone
One man, fate unknown
Born of stone on stone



Crying for help II

(Nolan/Pointer)

Instrumental track



Jericho

(Nolan/Pointer)

Forget the lights, forget the sounds
You no longer need me 'round
Lost my patience, lost my pride
The story of my life

Innocence is no way to hide

Forget the light, forget the sound
Why do you have to drag me down?
Men of night in disguise
Slay this barren child

Sadness is your only friend

Please, forgive me
I didn't mean to
Play with your emotions
Tear apart your passions

Please, forgive me
I didn't mean to
Hurt you with false meanings
Hurt you with false feelings

Is what you see? Is what you get?
Overhearing distant sounds
Is what you wish? Is what you hope?
Given both ends of the rope

Both ends of the rope

When you turn against the system
And the rules that are taught
The true unconscious law
An action without thought

To free yourself forever
From the shackles and the chains
Of any kind of hell
You can call this need by any other name

When you stay held down
For most of your life
It's not hard to find a cause
It's the catalyst behind the knife

The knife

Gonna turn the tide against you
Gonna make this private revolution
Gonna smash the gates and march right through
Gonna tear apart this institution

I'm coming down to find you
Gonna make this private revolution
Better keep this faith behind you
Gonna lead the way to new solutions

Jericho
I'll bring those walls right down on you
Jericho
I'll bring those walls right down on you

Gonna turn the tide against you
Gonna make this private revolution
Gonna smash the gates and march right through
Gonna make this private revolution

Jericho
I'll bring those walls right down on you
Jericho
I'll bring those walls right down on you



Crying for help III

(Nolan/Pointer)

Instrumental track



Midas vision

(Nolan/Pointer)

Creeping out into the night
Keep your hands outstretched and your eyes closed tightly
Running out on your own
Don't answer the door or the telephone

This is no kind of a dream
Not a blessing but a curse
This is no illusion
You've had them before, this isn't the first

Reaching out, so cold
What did I say? Did I do
To lose my hold on you

Everything you touch
With your fingertips hurts so much
There's a fallen wish
It's shattered on the ground like a broken gift

The Midas vision
Was always beating in your heart
The foolish greed, the golden seed
Is dragging out of the reason and tearing you apart

Reaching out, so cold
What did I say? Did I do
To lose my hold on you

Reaching out with all that I could give
What should I say? Should I do
To make you

Holding out, holding out your hands
Open up, open up your eyes
Is that the knock or the ringing of the bell?
Open the door to your own private hell

Reaching out, so cold
What did I say? Did I do
To lose my hold on you

Reaching out with all that I could give
What should I say? Should I do
To make you start to live again

Reaching out, so cold
What did I say? Did I do
To lose my hold on you

Reaching out with all that I could give
What should I say? Should I do
To make you live again



Crying for help IV

(Nolan/Pointer)

Who makes these choices?
Who waves the final hand?
When wisdom is more than age or reason

Who makes these choices?
Who makes the final stand?
When solitude is all that you believe

It's all the same
And you really should have known
It's all the same
When your heart grows cold and you're all alone

This has no name
This feeling that I used to know
It's here again
I can see the tortured souls as they cry for help

Take my hand
I'll lead you through the traps and snares
Take my hand
And I'll feed you and I'll clothe you like my only child

There is nothing left to fear
Oh, my only child
There is nothing left to hurt you now

Who makes these choices?
Who waves the final hand?
When all around I hear the sound
Of pleading for a helping hand

Who makes those choices?
Who makes the final stand?
When far away I hear them say
They couldn't give a damn

Give a damn

They're crying for help
Help me!
They're crying for help
Help me!

They're crying for help
Help me!
They're crying for help
Help me!



Solomon

(Nolan/Pointer)

In the distance
Hidden from sight patiently
Waiting for me
Part of the night, enemy mine

This horizon
Darkness and light opposites
Drawn together, one forever
Wrong and the right, enemy mine

Now is the time to decide

Don't answer me with the same old questions
Don't patronise with those tired old solutions
I've heard these before
And I've been here before

Don't pay me back with the same old deceptions
Don't give me facts and predictable suggestions
I've heard these before
And I've been here before

Then you're screaming all the time
You don't listen anymore

When you threw out the hope with the dustbin liners
You were standing alone with your coat of kindness
Covered in mud
It was soaked in my blood

When you fed me to the lions in your personal arena
And you watched 'till the cries and the prayers grew weaker
Head in my hands
Dripping tears in the sand

And the roar of the lions
As the victim lies damned and alone

When agony comes more from hope than failure
Look further than your preconceptions, expectations
Where the power of the mind can take you out beyond this reach
Higher than the dull and simple world you know so well

Back to paradise

Who keeps the child? Tell me which is the mother?
The need in her eye and the eyes of the other
I've seen this before
And I've been here before

Cut the child in half, give a piece to each woman
A desperate chance, the last hope has fallen
Just like before
I've felt this before

And the gurgles of laughter
Are echoes once more in my heart

So I lie down in my mothers arms
And I cry in my mothers arms, praying
Praying for the end to come
A friend to come and rescue me right now

So I listen to my mother's voice
And I listen to the only choice she had to make
Living fear, cold and naked
Throw me away, don't throw me away

Take the child, it's yours
Was the only thing she could have said

Does it matter to you?
In the lion's cage we're all the same
Does it matter to you?
It's a child's game with a child's name

Does it matter to you?
If I place the blame upon your shoulders
Don't try to fool the world
Don't try to rule the world again

Throw away my life in the fireplace
With the old love letters and the Nottingham laces
Trying to forget the warm embraces
Video suppers and the funny faces

Does it matter to you?
Does it matter to you?
Does it matter to you?
Does it matter at all?