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Sign Of The Cross [Steve Harris] Eleven saintly shrouded men Silhouettes stand against the sky One in front with a cross held high Come to wash my sins away Standing alone in the wind and rain eeling the fear that is growing Sensing the change in the tide again !rought "y the storm that is "rewing eel the an#iety hold off the fear Some of the dou"ts in the things you "elieve $ow that your faith will "e %ut to the test $othing to do "ut await what is coming &hy then is god still %rotecting me Even when ' don(t deserve it Thought ' am "lessed with an inner strength Some they would call it a %enance &hy am ' meant to face this alone )sking the *uestion time and again +raying to god won(t kee% me alive 'nside my head feel the fear start to rise... They(ll "e saying their %rayers when the moment comes There(ll "e %enace to %ay when it(s ,udgement day )nd the guilty(ll "leed when that moment comes They(ll "e coming to claim- take your soul away The sign of the cross The name of the rose- a fire in the sky The sign of the cross They(ll "e coming to "ring the eternal flame They(ll "e "ringing us all immortality Holding communion so the world "e "lessed .y creator- my god(ll lay my soul to rest The sign of the cross The name of the rose- a fire in the sky The sign of the cross /ost the love of heaven a"ove Chose the lust of the earth "elow Eleven saintly shrouded men Came to wash my sins away

0. /ord Of The lies

[Steve Harris and 1anick 2ers] ' don(t care for this world anymore ' ,ust want to live my own fantasy aith has "rought me to these shores &hat was meant to "e is now ha%%ening '(ve found that ' like this living in danger /iving on the edge it feels... it makes me feel as one &ho cares now what(s right or wrong it(s reality 3illing so we survive wherever we may roam &herever we may hide we(ve got to get away ' don(t want e#istence to end &e must %re%are ourselves for the elements ' ,ust want to feel like we(re strong &e don(t need a code of morality ' like all the mi#ed emotion and anger 't "rings out the animal the %ower you can feel )nd feeling so high on this much adrenalin E#cited "ut scary to "elieve what we(ve "ecome Saints and sinners Something within us &e are lord of the flies Saints and sinners Something willing us To "e lord of the flies

4. .an On The Edge [!la5e !ayley and 1anick 2ers] The freeway is ,ammed and it(s "acked u% for miles The car is an oven and "aking is wild $othing is ever the way it should "e &hat we deserve we ,ust don(t get you see ) "riefcase- a lunch and a man on the edge Each ste% gets closer to losing his head 's someone in heaven are they looking down (Cause nothing is fair ,ust you look around alling down He(s sick of waiting of lying like this There(s a hole in the sky for the angels to kiss !randed a le%er "ecause you don(t fit 'n the land of the free you ,ust live "y your wits

Once he "uilt missiles a nation(s defence $ow he can(t even give "irthday %resents )cross the city he leaves in his wake ) glim%se of the future a canni"al state alling down The freeway is ,ammed and it(s "acked u% for miles The car is an oven and "aking is wild $othing is ever the way it should "e &hat we deserve we ,ust don(t get you see ) "riefcase- a lunch and a man on the edge Each ste% gets closer to losing his head 's someone in heaven are they looking down (Cause nothing is fair ,ust you look around alling down

6. ortunes Of &ar [Harris] )fter the war and now that they(ve sent us homeward ' can(t hel% "ut feel that '(m on my own $o one can see ,ust what this conflict has done to The minds of the man who are on their way home '(m scared for life "ut it(s not my flesh that(s wounded So how can ' face the torment alone The vivid scenes and all the recurring nightmares ' lay there and sweat until it gets light... +eo%le say 78on(t worry7 Say that time(s a %erfect healer That the nightmares they will come to %ass Can(t hear what they(re saying ' am living in my own world )nd '(m feeling trance like all the time ' hear voices in my head Could ' really "e going cra5y 'n the night the visions seem so real 8o you care if you live or die &hen you laugh are you really crying 9ou(re not sure what(s real anymore ortunes of war ortunes of war no %ain anymore Sometimes ' wake ' feel that my s%irit(s "roken

' wonder if '(ve the strenght... to carry on.

:. /ook or The Truth [!la5e !ayley- 1anick 2ers and Steve Harris] )ll my dark dreams drift like smoke in the "ree5e The fear gri%s me as ' fall towards my slee% Here comes the nightmare that never ends Here is the dream that makes monsters of men 'n the house of my soul 'n rooms of ugliness and cold .emories locked away )ll the dou"ts and fears ' never faced $ow they come again ' am falling down to meet with them ears within us all .ine awake and they stand u% tall /ook for the truth 8ee%est cut of all from you 3nife of the truth !lade of hatred slicing through ' %ray my slee% will "reak .ay"e this time ' won(t wake &eakness ' hide so well This dagger in my mind will tell 't(s my final stand ' make a fist out of each hand To shadows of the %ast Take a "reath and ' scream attack /ook for the truth 8ee%est cut of all from you 3nife of the truth !lade of hatred slicing through Here is the truth 8ee%est cut of all from you 3nife of the truth !lade of hatred slicing through

;. The )ftermath [Steve Harris- !la5e !ayley and 1anick 2ers] Silently to silence fall

'n the fields of futile war Toys of death are s%itting lead &here "oys that were our soldiers "led &ar horse and war machine Curse the name of li"erty .arching on as if they should .i# in the dirt our "rothers( "lood 'n the mud and rain &hat are we fighting for 's it worth the %ain 's it worth dying for &ho will take the "lame &hy did they make a war <uestions that come again Should we "e fighting at all Once a %loughman hitches his team Here he sowed = his little dream $ow "odies arms and legs are strewn &here mustard gas and "ar"wire "loom Each moment(s like a year '(ve nothing left inside for tears Comrades dead or dying lie '(m left alone asking why 'n the mud and rain &hat are we fighting for 's it worth the %ain 's it worth dying for &ho will take the "lame &hy did they make a war <uestions that come again Should we "e fighting at all )fter the war /eft feeling no one has won )fter the war &hat does a soldier "ecome &ar is over and "attles are gone )fter the war no one has won '(m ,ust a soldier

>. 1udgement Of Heaven [Steve Harris] ) lonely cry for hel% %reaching out for hel% to anyone ) silent %rayer to god to hel% you on your way '(ve "een de%ressed so long 't(s hard to remem"er when ' was ha%%y

'(ve felt like suicide a do5en times or more !ut that(s the easy way- that(s the selfish way The hardest %art is to get on with your life 9ou(re searching in the dark clutching at straws to find a way 9ou take the tarot cards and throw them to the wind 9ou = *uestion your "eliefs your inner thoughts9our whole e#istence )nd if there is a good then answer if you will )nd tell me of my fate- tell me of my %lace Tell me if '(ll ever rest in %eace 'f you could live your life again &ould you change a thing or leave it all the same 'f you had the chance again &ould you change the thing at all &hen you look "ack at your %ast Can you say that you are %roud of what you(ve done )re there times when you "elieve That the right you thought was wrong )ll of my life ' have "elieved 1udgement of heaven is waiting for me )ll of my life now ' have "elieved 1udgement of heaven awaits for me...

?. !lood On The &orld(s Hands [Harris] Sometimes it makes me wonder Sometimes it makes me *uestion Sometimes it makes me saddened )lways it makes me angry "ut... &hen you can see it ha%%ening The madness that(s all around you $o"ody seems to worry The world seems so %owerless to act... 't(s out of control !lood on the world(s hands Each day a new toll )nother assassination The same day a new creation !ut what are they coming into Security of a world that "rings... One day another killing Somewhere there(s someone straying

)nother a savage ra%ing .eanwhile there(s someone laughing at us 't(s out of control !lood on the world(s hands Each day it goes on !rutality and aggression Tomorrow another lesson E#%ecting another air raid +raying for a geaserfire They say things are getting "etter $o need to "e com%lacent There(s chaos across the "order )nd one day it could "e ha%%ening to us 't(s out of control !lood on the world(s hands 't(s our e%ita%h 't(s out of control Someone should know !lood on the world(s hands

@. The Edge Of 8arkness [!ayley- 2ers- Harris] '(ve looked into the heart of darkness &here the "loodAred ,ourney ends &hen you(ve faced the heart of darkness Even your soul "egins to "end or a week ' have "een waiting Still ' am only in Saigon The walls move in a little closer ' feel the ,ungle call me on Every minute ' get weaker &hile in the ,ungle they grow strong &hat ' wanted was a mission )nd for my sins they gave me one They "rought it u% ,ust like room service (Cause everyone gets what they want )nd when that mission was all over '(d never want another one OhB ' know- ca%tainThat you(ve done this work "efore

&e(ve got a %ro"lem 9ou can hel% us all '(m sure The colonel(s gone rogue )nd his methods are unsound 9ou(ll take a +!C u% river track him down There(s a conflict in every human heart )nd the tem%tation is to take it all to far 'n this war things get so confused !ut there are some things &hich cannot "e e#cused He(s acting like a 2od A an insane lunatic 9our mission A terminate with e#treme %re,udice 9our route is dangerous and your %rogress may "e slow Here is the file and it(s all you need to know OhB OhB Here ' am the knife in my hand )nd now ' understand why the genius must die $ow ' stand alone in the darkness &ith his "lood u%on my hands &here sat the warrior the %oet $ow lie the fragments of a man '(ve looked into the heart of darkness &here the "loodAred ,ourney ends &hen you(ve faced the heart of darkness Even your soul "egins to "end

1D. 0 )... [!la5e !ayley- 1anick 2ers and Steve Harris] ' get in from work at 0 a.m. and sit down with "eer Turn on late night TE and then wonder why '(m here 't(s meaningless and trivial and it washes over me )nd once again ' wonder is this all there is for me Here ' am again /ook at me again Here ' am )gain On my own Trying hard to see &hat there is for me Here ' am again On my own /ife seems so %athetic ' wish ' could leave it all "ehind This canvas chair- this "ed- these walls that fall in on my mind

Hold on for something "etter That ,ust drags you through the dirt 8o you ,ust let go or carry on and try to take the hurt Here ' am again /ook at me again Here ' am )gain On my own Trying hard to see &hat there is for me Here ' am again On my own

11. The Fn"eliever [Steve Harris and 1anick 2ers] &hen you start to take a look within 8o you feel at ease with what you see 8o you think you can have %eace of mind )nd have selfA"elief or "e satisfied 8o you think you even like yourself Or really think you could "e someone else 's there something that you(d rather "e $ever thought you(d "e had the chance to see )ll my life '(ve run away )ll my life ' tried to hide away eel the %aranoia cree%ing in /ike a cancer eating at the skin 8o you feel you(ve lost your selfAesteem )nd your self res%ect- what can you e#%ect )ll my life...'(ve run away )ll my life ' tried to hide away )ll my life...'(ve run astray /et my faith...sli% away )ll my life...'(ve run astray )llowed my faith...to drift away )re you scared to look inside your mind )re you worried ,ust at what you(ll find 8o you really want to face the truth 8oes it matter now- what have you got to lose Try to release the anger from within orgive yourself a few immortal sins 8o you really care what %eo%le think )re you strong enough to release the guilt

)ll my life...'(ve run away )ll my life ' tried to hide away )ll my life...'(ve run astray /et my faith...sli% away )ll my life...'(ve run astray )llowed my faith...to drift away

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