Southern Empire - Dreams & Machines

There's a darkness in the world, so I'm heading underground
Time to cast away my pearls, I won't need them where I'm bound
Try to see just where I'm going
Memories of love run deep inside...

I see a lonely figure to my left and another to my right
But still i'm far from able to tell which way leads from day to night
Try to see just where I'm going
Memories of love run deep inside...

Dreams... Flashing trough the night
Machines... Slice trough fading light
Now... It's time for fight or flight

Trying to find the missing piece of the puzzle that's become my cell
Got the pressure of this heavy load, I her the tolling of the bell
Try to see just where I'm going
Memories of love run deep inside...

Dreams... (Oh those dreams) Flashing trough the night
Machines... (Oh those machines) Slice trough fading light
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Time to face my own mortality
More in the past than left of future
Make some sense of this absurdity
I've spent much more than i can borrow

And I wonder if I'll ever see
All the things I want to
I know that there's no guarantee

How fast is my life going now?
I'm caught up in a forest fire, trying to head upwind
Minutes pass like seconds, years have passed like days
I'm running out of time I feel I'm caught up in the blaze

We talk and talk of killing time
But it's quietly killing me
It's the fire in which we burn
A rolling silent sea

And I wonder if I'll ever see
All the things I want to
I know that there's no guarantee
(of what will come tomorrow)

How fast is my life going now?
(so strange everything seems)
I'm caught up in a forest fire, trying to head upwind
Minutes pass like seconds, years have passed like days
Running out of time I feel I've vanished in a haze

Revolving round and round
Revolving round and round
Revolving round and round
Revolving round and round

How fast is my life going now?
Caught up in a forest fire, trying to head upwind

Minutes pass like seconds, years have passed like days
Running out of time I feel I've vanished in a haze

How fast is my life going now?
(so strange everything seems)
I'm caught up in a forest fire, trying to head upwind
Minutes pass like seconds
Years have passed like days
Running out of time I feel I've vanished in a haze
How fast is my life going now?
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Paint a picture on the wall
Watch the seasons fall
Turn the page and put the light output
To fall in love or fall from grace
Here I stand against
Hope is not enough and faith it don't come easy

Stand beside me
We'll ride over the hills
And set the forest alight

Do I cry for all I've lost or all I've gained?
Or should I turn around and face the other way?
Will the seasons change
Or will I find it strange
Standing in the nexus of my own reality?

Hold... this storm will clear
Hold... nothing to fear
Hold... I will be here for you... for you...

So we rise again as one
Wash away the great divide
We'll build a lighthouse and watch the ships roll in
To see beneath this pale visage
And feel the all pervading love
wake from years and years of sleeping

Raise the torches
We'll shine on
Bring the darkness into light

Do I cry for all I've lost or all I've gained?
Or should I turn around and face the other way?
Will the seasons change
Or will I find it strange
Standing in the nexus of my own reality?

Hold... this storm will clear
Hold... nothing to fear
Hold... I will be here for you... for you...

Hold... this storm will clear
Hold... nothing to fear
Hold... I will be here for you... for you...

When the road splits apart just hold
Trust in the earth and the sky just like you've been told
And the life you've created, or the way that seems hard
Will bring you the whole of the world
But you'll need to tread lightly at first
And though at times it's no easy, soon your heart will be full

Breathe... open your eyes ever wide
Soon... the path you're on will divide
So now... you must decide, which way to go

I looked into the void before it split in two
But you can't deny that it's moulded you
Re-live the shame, break from the mundane

Breathe... open your eyes ever wide
Soon, oh, so soon... the path you're on will divide
So now... you must decide, which way to...

Go... there's not much more left to say
Here... are the remains of the day
So now... you must decide... which way to go

Hold... this storm will clear
Hold... nothing to fear
Hold... I will be here for you... for you...

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Hold... nothing to fear
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Harness the power within
Wait for the show to begin
Switch to another sun
And when ours is done
Then I'll be truly snowed in

Am I on the right path?
Free from the aftermath
Conscious of everyone
Maybe I could be wrong
Milking the golden calf

But it's still standing in my way
And I can't tell you why it's here
As everything
Starts to decay
Around me

How long, how long, how long
Will you stand in my way?
How long, how long, how long
Till you fall?
How long, how long, how long
Till you melt to the ground?
melt to the ground
How long, how long, how long?
How long, how long, how long?

If I ask the question again
Will anyone answer me?
My head floats up in the clouds
But I'm tied up inside
Finding it hard to break free

Never knowing which way to go
Having reached the final plateau
Step into the light
Or run and hide
Ascend or plummet below

But you're still standing in my way
And I can't tell you why it's here
As everything
Starts to decay
Around me

How long, how long, how long
Will you stand in my way?
How long, how long, how long
Till you fall?
How long, how long, how long
Till you melt to the ground?
melt to the ground
How long, how long, how long?
How long, how long, how long?

How long
Will you stand in my way
How long
Till you fall
How long?
Till you melt to the ground?
How long? How long?

How long, how long, how long
Will you stand in my way?
I feel like afraid it
How long, how long, how long
Till you fall?
How long, how long, how long
Till you melt to the ground?
melt to the ground
How long, how long, how long?
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Show me a sign
Show me the way
Help me to rise before it's too late

I've got a lot to learn
Some trust I've yet to earn
Before the end of my days

It's been a long time waiting here
For nothing much to happen Открыть страницу с текстом

[Part I - Don’t Look Down (Instrumental)]
[Part II - The Bridge That Binds]
There is a path that links us all
There is a bridge that binds
As history repeats itself we begin to realise
There is a silken thread, a joining of minds
There’s a shared experience seen through a billion eyes
As history repeats itself we begin to realise

Rising upward built to remain
Stretching out across the valley
Of souls connecting make your way

Look ahead and cross the river
Set your sights to the other side
Don’t look down or back cause there’s a long long way to go
Casting off your needless burdens
Listening to what’s inside
Bracing for the opposition, understand their cries

But the bridge is wide…the bridge that binds

There is a tale told through the ages
There is a memory that’s common to all
The way of knowing it’s not too late to make the final call

Rising upward built to remain
Stretching out across the valley
Of souls connecting make your way

Look ahead and cross the river
Set your sights to the other side
Don’t look down or back cause there’s a long long way to go
Casting off your needless burdens
Listening to what’s inside
Bracing for the opposition, understand their cries

But the bridge is wide…the bridge that binds…it binds us all…

[Part III - Before You Know It]
Understanding fading fast
Comprehension doesn’t last
More confusion, strange delusion
The future gives way to the past

Second guessing what you know
Focused only on what’s below
Coming to the wrong conclusions
Watching only a puppet show

Before you know it, too many years go by
And still the same old issues they remain
Before you know it, too many tears are cried
And all that’s left is an empty hearted campaign

Not sure who’s wrong and who is right
Not all who live are built to fight
Hopeless situations bring recalculations
Out of mind and out of sight

(x2) Before you know it, too many years go by
And still the same old issues they remain
Before you know it, too many tears are cried
And all that’s left is an empty hearted campaign

[Part IV - Turbulence (Instrumental)]
[Part V - Show Me a Sign]
It’s been a long time waiting here
For nothing much to happen
Dredging up memories with head in hand I look around and I…
I don’t seem to see many more
Who share this place with me
It’s just about the emptiness that’s all around

Show me a sign, show me the way
Help me to rise before it's too late
I’ve got a lot to learn, some trust I’ve yet to earn
Before the end of my days
Show me a sign, show me today
Help me to rise before it’s too late
I’ve got a lot to learn, some trust I’ve yet to earn
Before the end of my days

It’s hard to forget what’s gone before
Painted on smiles in photographs
They don't convey the sadness locked so deep inside

Show me a sign, show me the way
Help me to rise before it's too late
I’ve got a lot to learn, some trust I’ve yet to earn
Before the end of my days
Show me a sign, show me today
Help me to rise before it’s too late
I’ve got a lot to learn, some trust I’ve yet to earn
Before the end of my days

It’s been a long time waiting here
For nothing much to happen…

[Part VI – Undercurrents]
“There are times when patients emerging from amnesia suffer from delusions. It doesn’t happen often…I hoped it wouldn’t happen in her case but you heard it yourself. I feel it’s only fair to tell you that this condition can become worse. Our fight now is to prevent further deterioration of her mind.”

[Part VII - Let The River Run Red]
Deep thoughts, shallow wishes
Under cover and out of the way
No room for negative pushes
Kill the suckers and make them all pay

How long before you wake up knowing
That it’s all inside your head?
How much do you feel the turning?
Cut the cord let the river run red

Oh, oh, oh… oh, oh, oh… Let the river run red
Oh, oh, oh… oh, oh, oh… Let the river run red

Tied down with the weight of burdens
Buried deep beneath my soul
Never have I felt more certain
Screw them all and take control

Rising up from beneath the surface
Kicking screaming I’m over my head
In the deep I find my purpose
Crush the heart let the river run red

(x2) Oh, oh, oh… oh, oh, oh… Let the river run red
Oh, oh, oh… oh, oh, oh… Let the river run red

Deep thoughts, shallow wishes
Under cover and out of the way
No room for selfish ambitions
Shut them out, let the anger decay

[Part VIII - It All Depends]
(x3) It all depends on me
It all depends on me
It all depends on me
It all depends on me

[Part IX - The End of My Days]
It’s been a long time waiting here
But now it starts to happen
Reclaiming memories with head held high, I look around and I…
I don’t seem to see many more more
Who’ve come to share this place with me
No longer emptiness, that’s all forgotten now, oh…

You’ve shown me a sign, shown me the way
Helped me to rise before it’s too late
I’ve got a lot to learn, some trust I’ve yet to learn
Before the end of my days
Show me a sign, show me today
Help me to rise before it’s too late
I’ve got a lot to learn, some trust I’ve yet to learn
Before the end of my days

Been a long time waiting
Been a long time waiting

You’ve shown me a sign, shown me the way
Helped me to rise before it’s too late
I’ve got a lot to learn, some trust I’ve yet to learn
Before the end of my days

I’ve got a lot to learn, some trust I’ve yet to learn
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