FLOOD Lyrics

 

 

NATURE'S CRIME

STORMS COME BRINGS THE WIND

HOW LONG IT LASTS

WILL IT EVEN PASS

HALF MILE WIDE.......

RUNS THROUGH US

TAKES NO TIME...............

NATURES CRIME

CHORUS

SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS

LOOKING TO GOD

WHO SPARED ONE HOME?

WHY JUST THAT ONE?

SUN BEAMS THROUGH THE DARK THICK SKY

FALLS ON THIS SIMPLE TOWN WITH NO WORD.........

OR NO SOUND JUST LIKE ONE DAY

MAKES ITS WAY BACK

THIS MONSTER GONE

PEOPLE HERE REMAIN STRONG

CHORUS

 

FREE THOUGHT KING

A GLIMPSE OF WHAT WE WANT TO BE

FINDING OUT WHAT KEEPS US DOWN

A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT SHOULD BE

FINDING SOLACE.......FINDING SOLACE FROM THIS TOWN

CHORUS

SUMMON THE WASTE OF THOUGHT

BRING ME TO THE KEPT FOOLS

SHARPEN THE IMAGE OF

THE FREE THOUGHT KING

RUN THE COURSE OF APATHY

UNTIL YOUR SITTING EMPTY

FEELING OUT THE WINDS OF CHANGE

FINDING OUT WHAT.........FINDING OUT WHAT IT MIGHT BRING

YOU ARE THE FREE THOUGHT KING

CHORUS

 

CHASE

YOU LIVE IN A WORLD OF MAKE BELIEVE

MAYBE THAT’S WHY ITS HARD TO SEE

ON A DOWNWARD SPIRAL TO A HOPPIN PLACE

BRING YOUR TICKETS JUST IN CASE.........

CHORUS

HE MIGHT TELL YOU YOU’RE A BIT TO LATE

HE MIGHT TELL YOU YOU’RE LOOKING GREAT.......

IT’S THE HIPPEST SCENE AND YOU’RE ON THE TOP

WHY WOULD YOU EVER WANT TO STOP

JUST LET HER GO............

JUST LET HER BREATHE..............

WOULD YOUR PAPA BE PROUD

YOU LIVE IN A WORLD OF MAKE BELIEVE

THINGS YOU WANT AREN’T ALWAYS WHAT YOU NEED

YOU SAY I’LL ALWAYS BE THE SAME

WHY DO YOU NEVER TAKE THE BLAME

CHORUS

 

 

REVIVAL

YOU LIE AWAKE AT NIGHT

YOUR EYES CLOSED

BUT THEY HOLD ON TIGHT

YOU LOST THE WILL OF WHAT YOU HAVE

YOU NEED ME.......... YOU NEED ME STILL

CHORUS

IT’S THE BEGINNING OF THE END

SOME THINGS WILL NEVER MEND

(REVIVAL)

TAKE AWAY THE SORROW AND THE PAIN

LEAVE BEHIND THE PITY AND THE SHAME

LOOKING TOWARDS TOMORROW.........

LOOK BEYOND THE RAIN

LEAVE BEHIND THE PITY......

AND LET GO OF THE SHAME

CHORUS

CLUTCH YOUR MOMENT......LIVE FOR NOW

 

 

PERFECT DAY

ON THIS PERFECT DAY

I GIVE MY LOVE TO YOU

WE MADE IT BABY.......WE MADE IT

WITH NOTHING LEFT TO PROVE

MY BOND WITH YOU GIVES ME FREEDOM

AND OUR TIES MAKE US STRONG

DAYS WITH YOU ARE HEAVEN SENT

DAYS WITHOUT ARE MUCH TOO LONG

CHORUS

MY LOVE I SWEAR TO YOU

YOUR HONOR I WILL DEFEND

I CAN FEEL YOUR BREATH

AS IT GENTLY BLOWS ON MY FACE

YOUR PRESENCE REMAINS WITH ME

LONG AFTER YOU LEAVE THIS PLACE

WHEN YOU WERE GONE AWAY FROM ME

YOU WERE GONE FOR MUCH TOO LONG

IT TEARS ME UP INSIDE

ITS WITH YOU THAT I BELONG

CHORUS

 

 

SAME WAY

WOOHOOOOO

WOOOHOOO

WHICH ONE OF YOU

IS GOING TO SHOW UP TODAY

YOU LOVE THE COMPANY

BUT YOU HATE WHAT YOU SAY

CHORUS

IM THE SAME WAY

IM THE SAME WAY

IM THE SAME WAY

IM THE SAME WAY

WOO HOOOO

WOO HOOOO

CAN I CONQUER THE WORLD

OR SERVE HER AT ITS FEET

AFRAID OF LOSING......

AND WANTING TO GET BEAT

BORN UNDER A BAD STAR

YOU THINK YOU HAD IT MADE

FINDING YOURSELF FAR FROM HOME

BUT YOU WISH YOU WOULD HAVE STAYED.....

STAYED

WOOO HOO WOO HOOO

CHORUS

 

 

Sleeping Past Ten

You miss most of the traffic

that ties you up with rest

tired of looking but...

always looking your best

your best dreams come in the latest... of sleep

your friends adore you..think you're so deep

some would say you got to pull yourself together.

break

Some would say you've got to

you've got to pull yourself together

but then again, who wouldn't want to sleep past ten?

your best dreams come in the latest... of sleep

your friends adore you..think you're so deep

some would say you got to pull yourself together

solo

your best dreams come in the latest... of sleep

your best friends call you... deep

some would say you got to pull yourself together

Repeat

" Song comes from being out of luck personally and professionally on the inside, but on the outer shell, everyone tells you how wonderful you are and how much they adore your lifestyle, when all you want is out of it. Because you have no real reason to wake up in the morning, you prefer the deep sleep cycle of the purest dreams, to the harshness & emptiness of your self imposed lifestyle. This can be seen in the line, "tired of looking, but always looking your best;" which epitomizes the shallowness of subjects priorities." --Scott R.

 

 

HARD TO BREAK

I WILL MEET YOU THERE

THERE’S NO OTHER PLACE

WHO CAN FIND YOU THERE

LOOK BACK

JUST IN CASE

YOU SAID YOU COULD MAKE IT

BUT IT’S JUST A THING TO SAY?

STRING ME ALONG

TO FIND I’LL BE BACK AGAIN TODAY

CHORUS

WHY ARE YOU SO HARD TO BREAK

LIFE IS LONG

WHEN MISTAKES ARE MADE

THE SUN COMES PEELING THROUGH

BUT YOU'RE TRYING NOT TO MOVE

REPLAY THE DAY AND

ALL THE THINGS WE ALL SAY

WHEN THE CLOCK HITS 4

ILL BE THINKING OF YOU

WHEN ALL THE THINGS

THAT WE ALL SAY AND WHAT TO DO

CHORUS

 

 

STARE

YOU HAVE A WAY

WITH WORDS

SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT COMING

CAN YOU BLAME ME

TRY TO HOLD ON

FOR AS LONG AS YOU CAN

YOU WOULDN’T

YOU WOULDN’T UNDERSTAND

CHORUS

WE JUST SIT AND STARE

CAUSE WERE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE

PLASTERED AND CORNERED

YOUR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL

BITTERNESS IS FLAVORFULL

MUST BE WHY YOU KEEP TASTING

LOOK AT WHAT YOUR

LOOK AT WHAT YOUR WASTING

CHORUS

WE JUST SIT AND STARE

CAUSE WERE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE

MEMORIES ARE FAIR

CAUSE WE JUST SIT AND STARE

 

 

Devils Glance

More that enough to go around

Leaves that fall without a sound

It's the time of year

for looking back

leaves that fall right off the track

He sees you

when the light is low

he knows you've got no place to go

He can't bare

to watch you cut back

he knows when you get on track

Chorus

Take this all

in the time of need

Don't forget me

when we're freed

Elevate or circumstance

Your blinding with a Devil's glance.. (

(solo and back to Chorus)

So we've been cured

run over reassured

live for the day

is that what they say

Chorus

 

All words and music by

©FLOOD 2001.