King's X

The looks are
The smile is a lie
The clock drags on
The smoke is in your eyes
You know that blame is someone's
But you don't quite know who
(In your mind)
If it could only be different
(In your heart)
If only you could run away from it

Chorus:
Prisoner, prisoner
(If you could only say)
Choosing death for life
Prisoner, prisoner
(You are a prisoner)
Smiling executioner

If money
If love was in your life
Ifs run out
Gotta realize it's time
Confusion, Delusion
Alive in destitution
(In your mind)
If it could only be different
(In your heart)
If only you could run away from it

Chorus:
Prisoner, prisoner
(If you could only say)
Choosing death for life
Prisoner, prisoner
(You are a prisoner)
Smiling Executioner

A year in the hole
Had taken it's toll
When I took a good look at me
And what a surprise
The scope of my eyes
Could only see black
And I remember someone
Who was taking them 2 by 2
And lately I've become
The one who'd have laughed at you too!!

Chorus:
There was a Black Flag
On my morning
There was a Black Flag
On my day
There was a Black Flag
On everything around
And I was walking backwards again
Black Flag!!

I walked in the day
My usual way
Looking through a 2X4
It colored my view
I couldn't see you
Or maybe I just wouldn't
And I remember the time
When the sunlight fell on my head
And lately I'd become
A member of the walking dead

Chorus:
There was a Black Flag
On my morning
There was a Black Flag
On my day
There was a Black Flag
On everything around
And I was walking backwards again

And I know that I was wrong
It was up to me
If I wanted to see

Solo

And I remember the day
When I saw the mask on my face
And I knew that it was time
To put the thing in it's place

Chorus:
I'd put the Black Flag
On my morning
I'd put the Black Flag
On my day
I'd put the Black Flag
On everything around
And I was walking backwards again
(repeat twice)

It was up to me
And I know that I was wrong

Moving in a bus too close for comfort
Listening to all the gibberish around me
Wonder, how much longer can I stand it
Looking for a phone I cannot find
(Ohh woest me)
Like a politician in disguise
You know I had to look you in the eyes
And smile
While I crawled another mile in

Chorus:
Germany!!
Lost in Germany!!

Swimming in an ocean of your feelings
Counting every moment go one by one
Laughing to keep from crying out in anger
Praying that I can make it through this night
(Ohh woest me)
It was like a never ending week
But I learned to turn the other cheek
And smile
While I ran for one more mile in

Chorus:
Germany!!
Lost in Germany!!
(repeat chorus)

Shooting at a target that eludes me
Hammering on a nail that just won't go in
Biting on a tongue that wants to speak out
Searching for a light that I can shine
(Ohh woest me)
But now I have crossed that borderline
And I wonder if I'll ever find
Your hand
'Cause I did not undertand in

Chorus:
Germany!!
Lost in Germany!!
(repeat chorus)

If I could only have one thing,
Give me the loving
(Loving is nothing to doubt)
A shot to the left and I fall down
Cover me

I hear the music again all around
Are you going my wa-ay
Who can I talk to without a sound
Out of the planet comes Gretchen
With faith, hope and love

Never the dull of a moment
Ever to ever be true
(Ever forever be true)
Touching the sky just to hold it maybe
It won't be so blue

I hear the music again all around
Are you going my wa-ay
Who can I talk to without a sound
Out of the planet comes Gretchen without.....

Give me not a little bit of love without measure
Now and ever on to you
Let me hear the beat to make my heart beat strong
(Make it beat stronger)
Swing down sweet chariot song (Come on)
Let me ride
To take a look at what I'm looking ooh
(What I'm looking after)
A little spark something to
Analyze, analyze, analyze
Ahhhhhh-Ahhhhhh
Uhhhhhh-Ahhhhhh (yeah)
Ahhhhhh-Ahhhhhh
(And the choir sings)
Do-wa-diddy-diddy
(As they walk down the aisle)
Dum-diddy-doo

Let me hear the beat to make my heart beat strong
(Make it beat stronger)
Swing down sweet chariot song (come on)
Let me ride
To take a look at what I'm looking oooh
(What I'm looking after)
A little spark something to
Analyze, analyze, analyze

If I could only have one thing
Give me the loving
(Loving is nothing to doubt)
A shot to the left and I fall down
Cover me
Ever to ever be true
Touching the sky just to hold it

I hear the music again all around
Are you going my wa-ay
Who can I talk to without a sound
Out of the planet comes Gretchen with....

Give me not a little bit, love without measure
Now and ever on to you
Give me not a little bit, love without measure
Now and ever on to you

I hear the music again all around
Are you going my wa-ay
Who can I talk to without a sound
(Guess that's it)

From a simple word,
To a simple phrase
Communication
And forgiving all
The poet with a way to see
And a time to say it all

Chorus:
I would never have known
(never have known)
What I know about love
LOOOOOOVE!!!!
LOOOOOOVE!!!!

If not for this.......
If not for you.......
If not for me.......
If not for truth
But I work so hard
Just to keep
This treasure chest of trash

Chorus:
I would never have known
(never have known)
What I know about love
LOOOOOOVE!!!!

Solo

Chorus:
I would never have known
(never have known)
What I know about........
Oh I never woulda known
Oh yeah.

I find it hard some days to remember
I find it hard some days to forget
And some days I give everything within me
And some days I don't give a bit

Chorus:
Will it be??
(It will absolutely be)
Can you see??
(With the eyes that God gave me)
Are you free??
(From the chains that fall on me)
Well it's not just something deep inside my head
It's not just for the dead

Walking in a smog that's all around me
And thru it somehow life lives too
Before I let it all just overwhelm me
I think of something good in you

Chorus:
Will it be??
(It will absolutely be)
Can you see??
(With the eyes that God gave me)
Are you free??
(From the chains that fall on me)
Well it's not just something deep inside my head
It's not just for the dead



Chorus:
Will it be?
(It will absolutely be)
Can you see?
(With the eyes that God gave me)
Are you free?
(From the chains that fall on me)
Well it's not just something deep inside my head
It's not just for the dead

Dead!!!
Dead!!!
Dead!!!
Dead!!!