Greatest Hits

I awoke on impact
Under surveillance from the camera eye
Searching high and low
The criminal mind found at the scene of the crime
Handcuffed and blind, i didn't do it
She said she loved me
I guess i never knew
But do we ever, ever really know?
She said she'd meet me on the other side
But i knew right then, i'd never find her

I don't believe in love
I never have, i never will
I don't believe in love
It's never worth the pain that you feel

No more nightmares, i've seen them all
From the day i was born, they've haunted my every move
Every open hand's there to push and shove
No time for love it doesn't matter
She made a difference
I guess she had a way
Of making every night seem bright as day
Now i walk in shadows, never see the light
She must have lied 'cause she never said goodbye

I don't believe in love
I never have, i never will
I don't believe in love
I'll just pretend she never was real
I don't believe in lovev i need to forget her face, i see it still
I don't believe in love
It's never worth the pain that you feel

No chance for contact
There's no raison d'etre
My only hope is one day i'll forget
The pain of knowing what can never be
With or without love it's all the same to me

I don't believe in love
I never have, i never will
I don't believe in love
I'll just pretend she never was real
I don't believe in love
I need to forget her face, i see it still
I don't believe in love
It's never worth the pain that you feel

When i fell from grace i never realized
How deep the flood was around me
A man whose life was toil was like a kettle left to boil
And the water left these scars on me

The chains i wore were mine, dragging me towards my fate
Planned for me long ago

I played by all their rules, went to their right schools

Who was i to question?

They used to say i was nowhere man
Heading down was my destiny
But yesterday i swear that was
Someone else not me

Here i stand at the crossroad's edge
Afraid to reach out for eternity
One step when i look down
I see someone else, not me

I know now who i am, if only for awhile
I recognize the changes
I feel like i did, before the magic wore thin
And the baptism of stains began

Sacrifice, the always say... is a sign of nobility
But where does one draw the line in the face of injury?
I'm just trying to understand

Standing here at the crossroad's edge
Looking down at what i used to be
A drowning man, trying to stay afloat
Heavy with the past, but somehow keeping hope
That there's something more that is seen
But it's somewhere out of reach

So i keep looking back
Looking back and i see someone else

All my life they said i was going down
But i'm still standing stronger proud

And today i know, there's so much more i can be
I think i finally understand

From where i stand at the crossroad's edge
There's a path leading out to sea
And from somewhere deep in my mind
Sirens sing out loud, songs of doubt, as only they know how
But one glance back reminds and i see
Someone else, not me.

I keep looking back at someone else... me?

Beating with life you promised life,
Security, happiness.
Unfortunate son cornered,
Cowering in the pit of
Circling panes of glass that
Surround and reveal the ever present "it".

"it" is my move, my every look,
Interpreting gestures,
Informing other
What's undercover and
Lurking beneath my mask
Of this year's featured model.
Is this too much?
Close your eyes.
Care to look inside? i am i!

What may appear
Might easily be explained,
But given the situation
Of info saturation,
What you feel can never go away.

Steering perception? i am!
Inviting contradiction? i am!
It's my insistence
You keep your distance
From the glare behind my stare.
So this is the way
The game is played.
You can leave now...
But i think you'll stay. i am i!

Last night the word came down, ten dead in chinatown.
Innocent, their only crime was being in the wrong place, at the wrong time
Too bad, people say what's wrong with the kids today
Tell you right now they've got nothing to lose

They're building empire!

Johnny used to work after school
At the cinema show.
Gotta hustle if he wants an education
He's got a long way to go.
Now he's out on the street all day
Selling crack to the people who pay.
Got an ak-47 for his best friend
Business the american way.

Eastside meets westside downtown.
No time, the walls fall down

Can't you feel it coming? empire! can't you hear it calling?
Black man, trapped again. hold his chain in his hand.
Brother killing brother for the profit of another,
Game point, nobody wins. decline, right on time.
What happened to the dream sublime?
Tear it all down, we'll put it up again. another empire?

Eastside meets westside downtown.
No time, no line, the walls fall down.

Can't you feel it coming? empire!
Can't you hear it coming empire!
Can't someone here stop it...??!!

Every time i leave
You say you won't be there.
And you're always there.
Every time i cry your name at night,
You pull close and say it's alright.
I look in your eyes, just like the rain.
Washing me, rain wash over me.
Touching your face, i feel the heat
Of your heartbeat echo in my head like a scream.
What you do to me!
Waited so long i can't wait another day without you.

Jet city woman.
It's a long way, home to my
Jet city woman.
I see her face everywhere, can't get her out of my mind.

Whenever i'm alone i'm thinking,
There's a part missing from my life.
Wonder where i'd be without your love
Holding me together now i'm
Watching the time tick, tick away.
Face grows longer every day.
Fortunes are lost on the women i've seen
But without you i can't breathe!
You're the air to me!
Waited so long, i'm all alone thinking about you.

Jet city woman.
Got to find my way home to her.
Jet city woman.
I see her face everywhere i look!
Jet city woman.
Just a thousand miles and i'll be there
Jet city woman, to make the clouds go away.
Time for some blue sky!

Waited so long now the plane's delayed
And hour, reminds me of all our days apart.
Hold on, just a little longer.

Jet city woman.
Wonder where i'd be, you're the air to me.
Jet city woman.
Eyes like the rain, rain down on me.
Jet city woman.
No more nights alone i'm almost home now.
Jet city woman.
Close my eyes, i'm there in my jet city.

Heading for the classroom yesterday
The kids file through the metal machine
It finds what they may hide
No it just ain't right...
A sign of the times

Another church is burning to the ground...
Looking for the vandals and they're nowhere to be found
But the hate's alive
A sign of the times, sign of the times...
A sign of the times, sign of the times...


(accoustic break)
Would someone please let me know how we have spun out of control?
Has the captain let go of the wheel?
Or could we please try to find a way to be a bit more kind?
I see the road to tomorrow in the haze!

(solo)

On the senate floor they congregate
Many pockets lined with green,
From those behind the scenes, yeah they take the bribe ( it's on the side )
A sign of the times, sign of the times...
A sign of the times, sign of the times...

(accoustic break)

Hush now, don't you cry
Wipe away the teardrop from your eye
You're lying safe in bed
It was all a bad dream
Spinning in your head
Your mind tricked you to feel the pain
Of someone close to you leaving the game of life
So here it is, another chance
Wide awake you face the day
Your dream is over... or has it just begun?

There's a place i like to hide
A doorway that i run through in the night
Relax child, you were there
But only didn't realize it and you were scared
It's a place where you will learn
To face your fears, retrace the years
And ride the whims of your mind
Commanding in another world
Suddenly you hear and see
This magic new dimension

I- will be watching over you
I- am gonna help you see it through
I- will protect you in the night
I- am smiling next to you, in silent lucidity

-spoken during solo-
[visualize your dream]
[record it in the present tense]
[put it into a permanent form]
[if you persist in your efforts]
[you can achieve dream control]
[dream control]
[how's that then, better?]
[hug me]

If you open your mind for me
You won't rely on open eyes to see
The walls you built within
Come tumbling down, and a new world will begin
Living twice at once you learn
You're safe from the pain in the dream domain
A soul set free to fly
A round trip journey in your head
Master of illusion, can you realize
Your dream's alive, you can be the guide but...

I- will be watching over you
I- am gonna help to see it through
I- will protect you in the night
I- am smiling next to you....