Paradise Lost - Symbol Of Life lyrics
Tracks 01. Isolate
02. Erased 03. Two Worlds 04. Pray Nightfall 05. Primal 06. Perfect Mask 07. Mistify 08. Celebration 09. Self Obsessed 10. Symbol Of Life 11. Channel For The Pain 12. Xavier 13. Smalltown Boy 01. Isolate
i'm sent for elimination
to where i cannot know, but i'm lost without a chance in hell and i'm lost with doubts i can avoid this come feel the fire burn i'll slowly drift away a victim of the future my mind and soul decayed isolate i'm sent for eradication by whom i cannot know, but i'm lost without a chance in hell i'm the last one out i can't avoid this exposed to fire but i'll burn another way a victim of the future i embrace the tourniquet isolate lead us all to pastures green to search and learn from ones i cannot be lead us all to harmony to search and learn the one i cannot be 02. Erased
i don't owe anything
i don't owe anyone shoot pride for all its worth i don't belong in a situation now that i could not repair i assert myself to sleep show others that i've cared how cold is this poor life lay ashes at my grave if it takes me away from you a subtle gesture i don't know anyone (cherish my religion) i don't know anyone (faith is only fiction) i don't know anyone (cherish my religion) i don't know anyone (faith is only fiction) this is erased i promise not a trace this is erased i promise no delay not a trace 03. Two Worlds
the sense required is all too vague
within my faculties, building me this awesome presence longs to see the times i've fallen the times i've failed and i've never seen my hands and i couldn't walk away two worlds are the same tomorrow still i must not complain the sense acquired is all too grave with less than one percent left in me this awesome prison locked and sealed for times i've borrowed, for times i've failed and i've never seen my hands and i couldn't walk away two worlds are the same tomorrow still i must not complain and i've never seen my hands and i couldn't walk away two worlds are the same tomorrow still i must not complain and i've never heard a whisper and i'd never speak of pain two worlds are the same tomorrow to all i seem inane 04. Pray Nightfall
in my head this all is in my head this all is
in my head this all is in my head this all is in my head... i hold on tight for this mortal ride rest my head 'til the mornings coming down on me i realise my own sacrifice better rest my head before somebody's going out... in my head this all is in my head this all is in my head this all is in my head this all is in my head... pray nightfall release me then i could wander, wander to deep sleep awake despite, another mortal night rest my head, for the sun is shining down on me i realise try to synchronize rest my head or somebody's going down in my head this all is in my head this all is in my head this all is in my head this all is in my head... pray nightfall release me then i could wander, wander to deep sleep trying to make things work trying to make things right trying to make things work without serendipity in my life... 05. Primal
it's deep in the mind
so slick by design i'll end up the same way maybe don't hold on to pride you'll lose if you try you'll end up the same way someday lord i'm on my way, don't let me down lord i'm on my way, don't let me down can't feel it inside how long can it hide you'll end up the same way maybe redemption denied as life passes by i'll end up the same way someday lord i'm on my way, don't let me down lord i'm on my way, don't let me down gets deeper inside so strong the divide i'll end up the same way maybe don't loose an insight abuse till you die we'll all end the same way someday lord i'm on my way, don't let me down lord i'm on my way, don't let me down 06. Perfect Mask
i live behind the perfect mask
erase the rule forever i live behind the perfect mask unleash the truth forever i live behind the perfect mask too late gonna live at last i live behind the perfect mask too late gonna live at last i live behind the perfect mask erase the truth forever i live behind the perfect mask only the true endevour help me....i dare say theres no other way help me....i dare say theres no other way to go wanton fallacy again merciless until the end recognise my heart is there so reveal me and disgrace me 07. Mistify
faced with shame,
i accept a will that that's long departed phased with games, i resent a world i once regarded but now it seems the changes must be made... celebrate! terrify me don't mystify your love celebrate! terrify me don't mystify your love laced with shame, i reject a thrill that's so misguided faith in flames, i'm exempt to blame that's so demanded but now it seems that changes have been made..... celebrate! terrify me don't mystify your love celebrate! terrify me don't mystify your love a simple lie brings you down, in an ordinary way a simple lie brings you down, in an ordinary way a simple lie.... 08. Celebration
take my hand,
hurray for the winters come... cease my plans excuse me from the scenes of old i can meet you there? , i just don't care on this new years day with no celebration from me understand there's comfort with the wealth of gold increase demands release me from the scenes of old i can't make it clear you just won't hear on this new years day there's no celebration from me i could see you there? , we just don't care on this new years day without hesitation there's no celebration from me 09. Self Obsessed
i'm self-obsessed
wrong words i said it's clear that some things aren't worth really trying so let it go, let it be then we'll talk and i can dream you're not here persevere, i could live without this the one you'd like to go is taken much too slow you're not impressed wrong words i said a mere subject of your self-indulgence so let it go, let it be shall we to talk about it my misery is when you breathe there's no doubt about it 10. Symbol Of Life
all alone beside myself
all alone beside myself and i've troubles on my mind and i've reached the depths of life and i hear that deaths alright still i'll wait for you to try when the dreams have been and gone and the torment has begun my emotions run can't get by with what i've got always dwell on what i've lost just a loaded gun... a symbol of my life, a symbol of my life on the floor i crawl and writhe as the day turns into night i remove myself from sight and i reached the depths alright and i hear deaths part of life still i wish that you would try when a dream has been and gone and the torment has begun the rejections done i get by with what i've got always aware of what i've lost just a loaded gun... a symbol of my life, a symbol of my life nothing more, nothing more to say to me 11. Channel For The Pain
i live all alone, i wonder why?
i live all alone, i wonder why? see me shaking never making all my life and there is no other way 'til i'm old enough and hit the ground, never choose, because i'm here just to lose, besides a win would just release, and just maybe solve my minor problems don't wanna seek, i wont make a demand, cause i'm taking all the things that prevent me from knowing the truth don't wanna seek, i wont make a demand, cause although my mind is breaking my existence makes a channel for the pain i live all alone, i wonder why? i live all alone, i wonder why? see me taking never giving all my life and there is no other way till im old enough and hit the ground i only lose cause i never did choose and all the loneliness that's there is just the core of all my problems don't wanna seek, i wont make a demand, cause im taking all the things that prevent me from knowing the truth don't wanna seek, i wont make a demand, cause although my mind is breaking my 12. Xavier
[music and lyrics by Dead Can Dance]
Fair Roseanna your vagrancy's a familiar tale Fraught with danger the lives you led were judged profane Hatred enfolds us Inculcates the minds with it's heresy Laymen enfold us Clemency arrives to set you free Faith Although Xavier has prayed That life-giving waters may rain Down on the souls of man To cure them of their ways These were the sins of Xavier's past Hung like jewels in the forest of veils Deep in the heart where the mysteries emerge Eve bears the stigma of original sin Freedom so hard when we are all bound by laws Etched in the seam of nature's own hand Unseen by all those who fail in their pursuit of faith Although Xavier has prayed That life-giving waters may rain Down on the souls of man To cure them of their ways And as the night turns into day Will the sun illuminate your way Or will the nightmares come home to stay Xavier's love lies in chains These were the sins of Xavier's past Hung like jewels in the forest of veils 13. Smalltown Boy
[music and lyrics by Somerville/Steinbachek/Bronski]
You leave in the morning With everything you own In a little black case Alone on a platform The wind and the rain On a sad and lonely face Mother will never understand Why you had to leave But the answers you seek Will never be found at home The love that you need Will never be found at home Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away. Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away. Pushed around and kicked around Always a lonely boy You were the one That they'd talk about around town As they put you down And as hard as they would try They'd hurt to make you cry But you never cried to them Just to your soul No you never cried to them Just to your soul Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away. Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away. Cry, boy, cry... You leave in the morning With everything you own In a little black case Alone on a platform The wind and the rain On a sad and lonely face Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away. Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away. |