Queensrÿche - Condition Hüman lyrics
Tracks 01. Arrow Of Time
02. Guardian 03. Hellfire 04. Toxic Remedy 05. Selfish Lives 06. Eye9 07. Bulletproof 08. Hourglass 09. Just Us 10. All There Was 11. The Aftermath 12. Condition Hüman 01. Arrow Of Time
What will you do when it's right up on you
Like a ring of fire Why ask why? Don't need to justify Who really cares anyway? Ethical tragedy Rabid humanity Learn from our past so they say Now is the time To make up your mind And find out what is real Fight or flight You can't run You can't run from yourself One reason to survive With a thousand ways to die When you're living on the wire Reaching the threshold Near system overload Caught on the red-eye again Close your eyes And hear the voices in your head Grand disguise This mass confusion Revered Illusion Some grip the mast on their final descent Into the darkness below Others will kick and crawl their way out There is no heaven below (Fight) You can't run (Fight) From the arrow of time 02. Guardian
Man down
Into the darkness they hunt you Tracking blood upon the streets Security is breached Political Elite Who's the savior when the martyr knows your name? Guardian Pixels of light Infrared from the sights That shed upon you Facing the enemy Fascist supremacy Fight to live another day It's time to rise up United, we stand Divided, we fall Evolution calling Rise up United, we stand Divided, we fall Evolution calling Insurrection This time we're playing for keeps Arming police like the military, it's obscene And they're stalking the streets Rise up United, we stand Divided, we fall Evolution calling Rise up United, we stand Divided, we fall Evolution calling Torn inside We've fallen to another world Are we so cold And out of love? Keep on trying Hold the child Face is crying Changing Times Rise up United, we stand Divided, we fall Evolution calling Rise up We stand We fall Evolution calling Rise up We stand We fall Evolution calling 03. Hellfire
Lock down
What do we make of this madness? It's a world gone mad Shot down Identity unknown Mistaken for the enemy Artillery Placed in the hands of a few Psycho-somatic rebellion Collateral damage Here comes the shrapnel again Piercing screams in my head Blackened Shattered remains A season of change Anger and fear fuel the fire Blinded Blind to the eyes of the world Under a jaded sky Rapture Heaven or hellfire We are fractured again Silenced from the underground Robbing the blind and they steal from the dead Hell Fire Hell Fire Tragic Loss and despair No rhyme or reason Blackened Shattered remains Black are the souls that tear down humanity What will you do When they come for you? There closing in They're coming Fight for your life 04. Toxic Remedy
What symbol would you choose
To decorate your final breath? You contemplate then choose The misery that serves you best It's too late to realize You can't dismiss your past So look around The time is now It's time to beware Your liquid toxic remedy It's time to beware Time to beware Every breath you take Might be the last you get Looking back, do you see sad eyes Like who you are (drowning in regret) Melting faces upside down Confinement is your friend Solitude that's never found Forgive me father, I live in sin 05. Selfish Lives
Silence once that you speak
Reform the rights till they're tired and weak (Suppress the infamy, confine the skeptics, segregation) Strangers passing by Turn our vision under the eye in the sky Who do you trust that's on the currency, man? Why's it so hard, don't you understand? Selfish lives Cover the things that forbid your smile Will we ever find our way? Do you wanna be a slave to the system? For men are jagged, the only position Pick em' off as easy as one, two , three Time to amend the ideology Selfish lives Cover the things that forbid your smile Will we ever find our way? Selfish types Are born outside of the satellites Are we better off today? Whats your wavelenght It is not a hard drive Come to life Reach inside yourself Now Selfish lives Cover the things that forbid your smile Will we ever find our way? Selfish types Are born outside of the satellites Selfish lives Selfish types 06. Eye9
Running out of time
Nowhere to go I've been searching blind Through these hollow walls Escape these boundaries Hanging by a thread Breathe through the cracks of this tunnel You'll find A pity it is to be here all alone Lost in the labyrinth of light Stuck in the mirror of the truth Cut through the walls of this package, you'll find The shade of your mind There's nothing left There's nothing left for you Thumbing through these pages Pattern shifting, slowly moving This consecrated crown that I stand A misunderstanding A misunderstanding Running out of time There's nothing There's nothing left I know 07. Bulletproof
How many times must we try?
Lost in the gaze of your watering eyes How many times Have we questioned all we've ever known I stood right by your side But my love was not enough Now you're aiming There's no use in waiting You know the trigger's right in front of you So pull it now, but make your move I'm bulletproof The cleanse of surrender has grieved me No longer a victim of change With sequins inside The cosmos is watching your every move I'm stealing your sights No matter how much I try Now you're aiming There's no use in waiting You know the trigger's right in front of you So pull it now, but make your move I'm bulletproof Escape this tonight I'm stealing your sight You know the trigger's right in front of you So pull it now, but make your move I'm bulletproof Now you're aiming There's no use in waiting You know the trigger's right in front of you But you'd never make a move Bulletproof And now who's to blame Life is give and take Searching for that special break Only finding it was never there 08. Hourglass
The metronome of rain on the rooftop
Velvet draped across the floor Was a time when we measured But never up to our fathers The sorrow cuts And as I stare at the blade You've reached the dark we fear Locked Stitches in time Nothing can break apart our seams You were humble and kind Pondering times As I sit in a shrine Never meant to be Rebuilding a passion that never saw a highway How many more miles would you bear my friend? Like a jab to the throat Surrealism silenced the voice But what is left to say? And all I can think is thank you for your time As I reflect with pain Locked Stitches in time Nothing can break apart our seams You were humble and kind Pondering times As I sit in a shrine Never meant to be Spiraling the hourglass You have loved You have seen Through the darkest nights that steal your dreams You have gone Slipped away Only time will help to ease the pain Spiraling the hourglass 09. Just Us
What could I say to you?
There's nothing I wouldn't do We've traveled so far Now it's just us once again Pictures appear from the dark Of days long ago When we made a start Like a kiss to a stranger Brings a smile to the face You're my solitude My serenity With an angel's face Hearing the sounds of a cry Peacefully sleep to a lullaby A silent moved is sealed Encapsuled in time The days when we were young All we had was time We'll ride this train All the way to the heavens Just you and me Hand in hand A mother's voice calling out slowly From the other side patiently Slip inside my dream Carry me away Time goes by No matter what you say or do I'll still love you Time goes by I'm with you now The days get longer Reflections of time They're yours and mine The things that used to be Still remain so fine Is the face of a child Your common grace? You're my shining star Of the darkest night Our saving grace I've seen the signs of the times Forever is now, there's no rewind 10. All There Was
Hey
I am the one That's been keeping you alive Who am I to even try caught in the middle again Sacrifice I give and I give and you take Paid the price Needless to say it was never enough Lift Lifting the bow Revealing the mask in disguise Forgive others that no one can see A comical tragedy With hope I'll find a way Beckons too late With nothing hope you can find a way Time will reveal what's left And who's dying alone 11. The Aftermath
The clock on the wall
The only face of truth Storm the fire Hide what remains No more lies A crime of passion Blood-stained smiles A violence, the silence Alas Muffled cries resemble Once moans of lust 12. Condition Hüman
Do we ever stop and wonder
Wonder what's around us? Do we take for granted What some may dream to have? Broken words of yesterday Feels like I'm standing still Promises don't mean a thing Like a hunt without a kill Do we ever take the time To see what comes and what goes by? Do we ever stop to see Just who we will leave behind? Who are we leaving behind? Broken words of yesterday Feels like I'm standing still Promises don't mean a thing Like a hunt without a kill As the wise man Waits the widow prays Searching remnants of yesterday When the shadows cry Darkness fades We try to understand Under moonlit skies Welcome to a generation Divided unity of man Disconnected circuitry Pull the trigger on demand No remorse They have no sense of empathy Critical mass on its way Who is searching for the truth Desensitize the innocent Quick to medicate the youth Welcome to a generation Divided unity of man A charade in locking frames Gathered pieces from the past Shake the species all the time Morality's collapse My lady of holy wars, suppress the need Pockets of the corporate wars Who would teach the child? Illusions cast in complex forms Death creates new life No reception tonight Welcome to a generation Put me all on condition human No remorse, they have no sense of apathy |