....CAUGHT.IN.A.FLAME.........

Oh, if I wanted to be dull,
I could have taken the easy way out,
But I burned all my bridges,
Made rags from my riches,
Pushed out the boat, but it don't soothe my itches.

I'm gonna run in the fire tonight,
Gonna run to through the city & bright lights,
The sky may fall in,
I won't know where I've been,
Or the rubble, the ruin, the trouble I'm living in.

Given the chance, would you take command?
Given the chance, would you lend a hand?
To these dreams I hold dear,
Don't let nobody near,
See the eyes moving, disapproving, lip sucking, austere.

Every new leaf forms a barricade,
From where I stand to where I want to be,
Pick up my jacket & phone,
No there's nobody home,
"He was last seen at 8, headed off like a cyclone"

Caught in a flame & burning out,
And all of my dreams are burning down,
Running it all into the ground,
Caught in a flame & burning out.

And when you stuck...
...your two fingers up at the world
Babe, it didn't change a thing,
I was there for the cries,
But, like nursery rhymes,
I just don't know what they mean.

I wound up getting stuck in a rut,
Now I'm on my feet again,
In control of the reins,
I will stomach the pain,
'Til the next time, salut, skol, proost, gang-bei, mabuhay!

Caught in a flame & burning out,
And all of my dreams are burning down,
Running it all into the ground,
Caught in a flame & burning out,
I'll take the low blows,
That's just the way it goes.

Caught in a flame & burning out,
And all of my dreams come crashing down,
Running it all into the ground,
Caught in a flame & burning out,
My dreams are burning down.


....THE.FASTEST...............

3000 miles per hour down the barrel of a gun
you don't want that bullet
you'd better bust your lungs
if it's in for the kil
and time stands still
you're caught in the headlights
and shaking until...

it's gonna pass you by
where did you get that...

...streaming red line, beating in your neck
pounding blood flow
now get on the deck
and it's "gotta get out of here...
...and what if i disappear?"
"oh, why did i sign up?"
"why did i volunteer?"

it's gonna pass you by
now you'd better run
it's gonna pass you by
but it's only begun

and these nerves don't feel
and this skin don't bleed
and your kings and your horses won't move these feet

and the mind is cold
and everything's sold 
except the weights and the chains and the load on your shoulders

it's gonna pass you by
now you'd better run
it's gonna pass you by
but it's only begun


....ANOTHER.NIGHT.............

With the chill of a lie
the end of the line
is drawing you in in the blink of an eye

like walking in rain
soaked with the stain
of cheat and deceit now you do it again

i gotta get outside
in the air and the light
fill my lungs and my guns then into the night

it's the clubs and the streets
the life and the heat
the flicker and speed of the love that you greet

another night
in the city and dust and it's just right
another life, another day

i got the blues pouring in through the blinds
with the light of the morning
i got the blues pouring in through the blinds
with the light of the morning

i'm on a one way road
i'm on a one way road
i'm on a one way road
i'm on a one way road


....CONTROL...................

I, didn't wanna see it
so i, took a different door

to a space, where i could get back to breathing
i draw in the air, but it don't soothe me no more

well you drag me in
and shake me out
and i'm sorry
but i don't know what you're talking about
i'm a'sailing
beneath a foggy moon

and if you hear me now
and take the oars
i'll be the martyr
and you'll be the cause
i believe in
i ain't bailing out

and i, getting high on the fear
kiss, the light up ahead
so stop... stop with the questions
so i don't have to lie
and you don't have to understand

well it's getting me down
living in this town
feels like i'm living it upside down
so long

well it's getting me down
living in this town
feels like i'm living it upside down
you never get a start
you never get paid
they treat you like a fool
so what you gonna do?

and i, getting high on the fear
kissing, the light up ahead
so stop, stop, stop with the questions
so i don't have to lie
and you don't have to understand

i, can practically feel
the light, staming through the river bed
so stop, stop, stop with the questions
when nothing needs said
when nothing needs said
when nothing needs said
when nothing needs said

I'm out of control
I'm out of control...

don't stop
here it comes
roll it on
kick it up


....KEEP.A.CLEAN.NOSE.........
All across the motorway
drenched in grey
left it all behind
out of my way

head into the evening
deep, red sun
never gonna progress
never gonna learn

past far behind me
fade away
pressure pulse chemical
..../....

angel of the city street
fragile as clay
take me from tension
lead me astray

waiting for the sky to fall in
and let me in...


....OVERLOAD..................

Look in the mirror
overload
to wherever
overload

hear somebody screaming
is somebody screaming?
hear somebody screaming
is somebody screaming?


....STAND.UP..................

Money
is the beef of the country
money
is the beef of the town

don't put your faith in me
don't wish it all on anyone
still got my dreams
got no time for your line

the facts
the best days are behind me
so i drink to lose
these memories

don't put your faith in me
don't piss it all on anyone
still got my dreams
got no time for your line

if it's in your blood
if it's in your blood
then stand up
then stand up


if it's in your blood
if it's in your blood
then stand up
just stand up

you gotta gimme
you gotta gimme the love
you gotta feel it
you gotta gimme the love