Queensrÿche - The Verdict lyrics
Tracks 01. Blood Of The Levant
02. Man The Machine 03. Light-years 04. Inside Out 05. Propaganda Fashion 06. Dark Reverie 07. Bent 08. Inner Unrest 09. Launder The Conscience 10. Portrait 01. Blood Of The Levant
Stuck in the middle of a warzone
I feel your cry Knee deep, I hear the sound Lighting up the sky Shelling, the cowards let it rain From a tag on the wall The violent coloration on the faces of the youth Enraged them all Lies, feeding lies We are the rebels Lies, feeding lies We are the rebels Dying (hit the ground) Hiding (face first down) Are we too far from no return? Dying (hit the ground) Hiding (face first down) Where's the path to sovereignty نحن لسنا العدو (nahn lasna aleadua "we are not the enemy") نحن نريد السلام (nahn nurid alsalam "we want peace") Turned to ashes Our paradise reduced to dust We are not the ones to fear Misunderstood in sadness Painted blood-red stains We breathe the same And we bleed the same Dying Hiding Are we too far from no return? Dying (hit the ground) Hiding (face first down) Where's the path to sovereignty 02. Man The Machine
Don't think, don't speak,
watch out, don't blink, dissent is a cry for the dead. Chin up, back straight, don't ask, just hate! The serpent's alive, you are all crucified. Tear down the walls again, and all that remains. He'll see your good deeds and raise you two rights, he'll lose it all just to stay in the fight. And if you're still blind sing praise from your knees, his heel in your back from once where you stood free. Building your walls again, and all that remains. Broken, broken, leave the lies, no use in defending. Shattered and fragile to the core. So hail to Deathmocracy, Hell for your thoughtcrimes, hail to your piety. Oh the irony the antidote is the disease, the balancing of ignorance and atrophy. Tear down the walls again, it's more of the same. Broken, broken, leave the lies, no use in defending. Shattered and fragile 03. Light-years
Light-years and shadows, you'll never see the end of day
Distant horizon, far beyond the past you cannot save Whispers, no silence, echoing the sounds from far away Sequenced pariahs, following the footsteps to your grave Pulling me down the undertow It's dragging me now, I'm paralyzed Beyond the distance is out of reach There's no more I can take Light-years, you'll never see the end of day Distant, it's far beyond you cannot save Pulling me down the undertow It's dragging me now, I'm paralyzed Beyond the distance is out of reach Pulling me down the undertow It's dragging me now, I'm paralyzed Beyond the distance is out of reach Single file form inline 04. Inside Out
Light, great rays of light
Speak from the sun Now it's your turn Find the echoes of time Warping your mind Conscious to all your senses Stranger than illusion Sifting through the hands of time And when you reach for the stars, hold on And when you think that you can't go on, don't let go Come, now what do you see Can we imagine life without you All that's changing and rearranging The suffering is what we've come to now And when you reach for the stars, hold on And when you think that you can't go on, don't let go Fear not what you've become Not what you see Nor things that could never be And when you reach for the stars, hold on And when you think that you can't go on, don't let go 05. Propaganda Fashion
Lightning (charging with a vengeance)
Strikes you (spreading like fire) Takes you down, down, down Sell me what's real become desensitized Pushing their own point of view Lies, shoving it down, down, your throat, lies System (no communication) Broken (poisoned motherfuckers) Spins you round, round, round Media persuasion, speeches and names Paved by the one's with the crown Lies distort your mind, makes you blind Tonight your freedom dies The scars to prove it no reason or no rhyme The twisted web of lies Just take your time and hurry up You're free to do what you're told Propaganda fashion Propaganda fashion Lightning strikes, tension builds Social cancer rots you away Crimes, what's it take to realize Tonight your freedom dies The scars to prove it no reason or no rhyme The twisted web of lies Just take your, just take your time Propaganda fashion Propaganda fashion Propaganda Propaganda fashion 06. Dark Reverie
If I leave
Would you wait for me? If I fall Would you pray for me? When I'm gone Will they remember me Or fade away Into eternity? Nothing lasts forever I can't forget the past I'm searching for the answers Through the bottom of a glass Now this empty road I'm too weak to ride alone I've come this far But I've so far to go (Down) Down on me When it rains it pours Till we all fall down Do the pictures on the wall Mean anything at all Or just your selfish way To cope with all the pain? At night I hear the screams Echo in my dreams And when I've hit the ground You kick me when I'm down (Down) Down on me (Down on me) Drowning me (Drowning me) No use in pretending Like we've done before (Down) Down on me (Down on me) My dark reverie Nothing lasts forever Just revolving doors (Take) Take me away Away from all the pain Take me in his place So far away Away from empty streets Streets I've only known Only left to roam Roam to the other side So take, take me Why don't you take me away? We all fall We all hurt We all bleed We all fall We all hurt We all bleed (Down) Down on me (Down on me) Drowning me (Drowning me) No use in pretending Like we've done before (Down) Down on me (Down on me) My dark reverie Nothing lasts forever Just revolving doors 07. Bent
Same old lies, sequester the nonbelievers
Don't forgive the ones who trespass against us Smiling deceivers, painted faces by the wishing well You don't even trust yourself Why do we face the same things if change is a constant? Have we not learned from the past, from the past! The stillborn star we'll never know The parent's love that won't let go The bullied teen that's ready to shoot A tear and a 21 gun salute Welcome to the age of misinformation Seeking control, your reflection's a stranger Why do we face the same things if change is a constant? Have we not learned from the past As we all fall down, the jester still sings to me As we all fall down, the silver lining screams to me Descending madness violently The poisoning of tribes To the lifeline of Flint Now the black snake, it crawls deep within sacred grounds We will never consent The night-watch man just buying his time An outcast, a resident, a transient, the punishment One dollar bill, no table for two So many questions no one ever asked As we all fall down, the jester still sings to me As we all fall down, the silver lining screams to me Descending madness violently As we all fall down As we all fall down, the silver lining screams to me Descending madness violently 08. Inner Unrest
Hear the voices in your head
Do they speak of grand delusion Moral truths to comprehend The soul's contusion, the scarred reunion And you dream, can you feel me, can you feel me? Colors change from black to red, I'll never remember Still you search for the meaning Strange lies hypnotize me you know, I'll never surrender And still you scream from madness And you dream, can you feel me, can you feel me? Fantasy, dreaming, can you feel me? There are many truths behind these eyes that you see On one side love and laughter, the other darkened disbelief Searching for the sunset clause for my release Sincerely, Mr. Post-traumatic looking for some peace And you dream, can you feel me, can you feel me? Fantasy, dreaming And you dream, you know I'm dreaming Fantasy 09. Launder The Conscience
Foresight, casting the stone, no forgiving
Transcribed, immoral objective engaged What I see, hold them down for not believing, tyranny Subscribe, question what stares in your eyes Quick to derive what makes of the sinner or saint Right or wrong, weak or strong Walls binding, reason holds the key Taught violence, reconditioning Find the solution, destiny To be free again you justify the sin Launder the conscience What I see, hold them down for not believing, tyranny Walls binding, reason holds the key Taught violence, reconditioning Find the solution, destiny To be free again you justify the sin Launder the conscience 10. Portrait
All alone still searching
Patiently holding on She cries and cries Wondering when will it end She tries and tries Hopes and dreams will fade The sky lost in grey No light to find your way Still she pulls through another day The hurt he wears broken Lines on his face, emptiness He cries and cries Hoping she'll be there again He tries and tries Never to surrender When you're lost and lonely and you're reaching for me The sky lost in grey No light to find your way Only time will tell The sky lost in grey No light to find your way When you're lost and lonely and you're reaching for me |