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1000 MILES

AWAY

("Up From The Ashes", 1990)

I see reflections in a mirror a shattered tears in the fallin’ rain

I feel your presence at beside me, but like a dream, you are so far away
Just like sand running through my hands, we tried to hold love but it just slipped away
Was I so wrong to keep you holding on?
Hoping someday that we would find a way...to make love stay
There’s nothing left to say as I send these tears a thousand miles away
Still holding on, on to the memories, lost in your heart, blinded by love, you said
If I had known, we could have found a way,
Is it too late to bring you back to me to me again?
There’s nothing left to say and I send these tears a thousand miles away

There’s nothing left to say and I send these tears a thousand miles away
Lost in our hearts we’ll be forever yearning
Tears in our eyes apart to fall, just like rain only for you
There’s nothing left to say and I send these tears a thousand miles away
There’s nothing left to say but I send these tears a thousand miles away

A thousand miles

There’s nothing left to say and I send these tears a thousand miles away

There’s nothing left to say, a thousand miles, a thousand miles away, a thousand miles

CRASH 'N

BURN

("Up From The Ashes", 1990)

I considered all the chances that were mine, I believed they’d find solutions just in time
I believed they had more answers than I’d heard, the angels sing a different song
Strangers all around us, trust in me they say

We have got the answers, to save the world today, I considered all the things they said
Paper plans drawn out but never read to save us from our darkest fears
We close our eyes and trust that time will find a way
How we trusted in you? No one knows for sure
Still it’s all but over, sailing on a ship of fools
Crash ’n burn.. to live again, up from the ashes I rise
What was clear, the tragedy took all my chances away
Crash’n burn... to live again, up from the ashes I rise only to find it’s a lie
Listening to the radio, it seemed to me prophets selling fast cars and a dream
Send your money to us right away, there’s a seat reserved for you at the holy altar

You can live for free in the name of His name for eternity
Crash ’n burn.. to live again, up from the ashes I rise
What was clear, the tragedy took all my chances away

Crash ’n burn.. to live again, up from the ashes I rise only to find it’s a lie
Too many words have been spoken, so many people divine
Too many questions rise from my heart answers I may never find... before I
Crash ’n burn.. to live again, up from the ashes I rise
What was clear, the tragedy took all my chances away

Crash ’n burn.. to live again, up from the ashes I rise, only to find it’s a lie, crash 'n burn

DANCING

(THE IRISH

SONG)

("Long Way Home", 2002)

Gentle pale skin golden red hair, emerald green eyes and a smile so fair

Watch from afar I felt my love grow, why he's mistreating God only knows

Still I'm crossin' the road for the last time, soon I'll see what's in store around the bend

My soul's growing tired been so many years, soon I'll be back in your arms again

The light's shining dimly as I walk through the door

I knew that he'd taken you and I'd hold you know more

So I ran down the road and I found him, struck him down with a vengeance he fell

I stood and I stared as he drew his last breath, no regrets as I watched his eyes close

Now the hangman is calling and the bell tolls for me, if I make it to heaven

We'll be dancin' like we were still young

She belonged to me, I could only wait till its time to die

Now the hangman is calling and the bell tolls for me, If I make it to heaven

We'll be dancin' like we were still young

We'll be dancin' like we were still young, still young

DOWN

IN FLAMES

("Up From The

Ashes", 1990)

It’s my heart feeling heavy, down about the way that you treat me
Is your love still on fire? Show that your touch has desire

If I give you all you need, would you still be there for me?

I don’t think so...no, no, no
I can’t wait longer, can’t you see that I feel like I’m going
Down in flames...you’re taking control of my heart and I’m going
Down in flames...straight to the ground over you
Must I be so mistreated? Now there’s no more to be forgiven
I can’t play any longer, time that I became just a wanderer
Had you said you’d really cared? Don’t you know that I’d be there?
I don’t think so...no, no, no
I can't wait longer, can’t you see that I feel like I’m going
Down in flames...you’re taking control of my heart and I’m going
Down in flames...straight to the ground over you
Down in flames... you're taking my heart and I feel like I'm going
Down in flames...straight to the ground over you
Send back my heart, give me control
Must I be so mistreated? There’s no win or lose
I guess I’m goin’ down in flames...you’re taking control of my heart

and I’m going down in flames...straight to the ground over you
Down in flames...you're taking my heart and I feel like I'm going
Down in flames...straight to the ground over you
I guess I’m goin’ down in flames

EVERYBODY

NEEDS

(TO BE WITH

SOMEONE)

("Long Way Home", 2002)

Let me tell my story, listen up, my friend. It shines in the beginning, we all know how it ends

You throw away your life, no rhyme or reason. You act as though its you the one that's bleedin'

To me it seems so strange, nothing gonna change. I guess everybody needs to be with someone

Mother never told you there'd be days like this, lost in your reflexion, Brings you happiness

No one understands why you go on holdin' on to someone that's no right for you

To me it seems so strange, nothing gonna change. I guess everybody needs to be with someone

There's a place in your mind you can run to and laugh out loud

And its safe from the night alone, and it makes you feel everything's all right for you

I guess everybody needs to be with someone

FOREVER

("Up From The

Ashes", 1990)

Searching for answers, I found one
Looking for roses, but the season is gone
I see the eyes of a stranger, I don’t know you anymore
I know my heart is in danger lost in you just like before
Searching for reasons one more time
As we turn back the pages, who said love isn’t blind?
As I reached out for heaven, you were all I could see, as we try to hold on...
Forever...just you and me, it was the word that you said that took you into my heart
It was the tears that we shed

Forever.... Lost in the sea...of my memories
Whispered emotions, passions unbared
In the heat of the moment so many things that we said
You found the end of my sadness, you buried all of my pain
Now love’s turned into madness, echoes are all that remain
It was the word that you said that took you into my heart
It was the tears that we shed, forever...lost in the sea
It was the word that you said that took you into my heart
It was the tears that we shed, forever... Lost in the sea... of my memories

Forever lost just like me

It was the word that you said that took you into my heart
It was the tears that we shed, forever... Lost in the sea...

It was the word that you said that took you into my heart
It was the tears that we shed, forever... Lost in the sea... of my memories

Forever... of my memories. Forever... Forever... Forever...

GIVE IT UP

("Up From The

Ashes", 1990)

In one man’s mind, we could have anything, in one man’s life, we could lose everything
Look to the sky to what the future would bring to me
’cause when it’s all said and done, who’s gonna put away the gun?
Give it up, stop all you fighting, yeah, yeah, So give it up, it’s my world, don’t fuck it up for me
Just one more chance knocks opportunity
but it won’t wait if we don’t find the key
Listen to me, I’ve had enough of the sorrow and pain
’cause when it’s all said and done, who’s gonna put away the gun?
Give it up, stop all you fighting, yeah, yeah
So give it up, it’s my world

We're dancing with destruction, dancing with destruction

We're dancing with destruction

So give it up, give it up, stop all you fighting, yeah, yeah
So give it up, it’s my world, we're dancing with destruction
Give it up, in one man’s life, we could lose everything
Give it up, stop all you fighting, don't fuck it up for me, no no

Give it up, give it up, dancing with destruction

So give it up, dancing with destruction

GOODBYE

MY FRIEND

("Long Way Home", 2002)

I tried to say, didn't want you need you. Tried to believe didn't love you to

Same old song, we try to hold on, and in the end we try to move on

So goodbye my friend, it was good to get to see you again

If this is the end, please don't try and make me love you again

Tried to believe had an answer to, wasn't just me that believed in you

As I look back I see what you knew... It's better for me, and it's better for you

So goodbye my friend, it was good to get to see you again

If this is the end, please don't try and make me love you again

I was wrong to carry on, still in the end we try to hold on

So goodbye my friend, it was good to get to see you again

HEART FULL

OF SOUL

("Long Way Home", 2002)

Sick at heart and lonely, deep in dark despair, thinking one thought only

Where is she tell me where?

And if she says to you she don't love me, just give her my message, tell her of my plea

And I know, well if she'd have me back again, well I would never make her sad

I got a heart full of soul

She's been gone such a long time, longer than I can bare

But if she says she wants me tell her that I'll be there

And if she says to you she don't love me, just give her my message, tell her of my plea

And I know, well if she'd have her back again, well I would never make her sad

I got a heart full of soul

I'VE FOUND

("Long Way Home", 2002)

The morning rose, you were always kind

Can't believe we've found each other, waking for the rest of our lives

I believed I'd never find someone to believe in, but there you were

When I least expected it, when I'd almost given up lost my faith in love, but where you are

Tried to hide my feelings still you know, so I guess it's time I finally let it show

I've found someone who believes that love's a battle that's been won

Seems a lifetime past by, until I found a reason, someone to believe in I've found

I thought despair was jus part of life

But you showed me differently smiling full of life as you said

There'll be better days, just like rainwe can't complain... It's ok, there'll be better days

You and I so different, seems we're worlds apart, patience brings us closer we're not far

LET IT BE

TRUE

("Long Way Home", 2002)

Hard it's been hard that I know, your tears drift away to the sea

Doesn't matter where you go, doesn't matter where you've been, doesn't matter how you feel

I'll be there like the wind, doesn't matter where you go

I will follow like the wings of an angel, shelter you

Doesn't matter when you fall, I will be there like the wings of an angel, comfort you

So let it be true. Hard its been hard, I can see your eyes, more than words say to me

If I could erase the pain, part the seas, i would give up everything, days to be

Doesn't matter where you go, I will follow like the wings of an angel, shelter you

Doesn't matter when you fall, I'll always catch you like the wings of an angel, comfort you

So let it be true, let it go like the summer, fall will take you through the snow

Then spring will caress you, let the heavens bring you home so let it be true

LITTLE

GIRL

("Long Way

Home", 2002)

Mother never told you that's all right, don't you cry

Now the visions dance inside your head, such a shame. What's your name?

What have you done? Done to yourself

In the tapestries with faded clowns all year 'round, bringing you down

Trying to escape in your own ways. What's your name?

How can you see with your head in the clouds?

What will you do if you just you alone inside little girl?

No where to run, no where to hide except inside little girl

You carry the weight of the world, no one expects you to bear that burden

If you can let it all go, even the daze will seem so much brighter

Every night holds a surprise for you

LIVIN' A LIE

("Up From The

Ashes", 1990)

Does it seem that we’re going nowhere again? Can it be that love has passed us by the way?
Can’t sly that we played the game so well? Are we to a point where time stands still?
Nothing can save us now
If you only want to believe in fairy tales and dreams
If I’m not what you’re looking for set me free
Living a lie, now that your love has run. Living a lie, now that you’ve come and gone
It’s sad to think what we have wasted over and over trying to make you see
Feelings are not something you can play with
Maybe once, but never twice, better listen to my advice
If your gonna believe in someone who still cares for you
If your gonna believe in fantasies say we’re through

Living a lie, now that your love has run. Living a lie, now that you’ve come and gone

Living a lie, now that your love has run. Living a lie, now that you’ve gone
In my darkness I will find the light, lone survivor, someone to save me
When I look back I think of all the years wasted on your love...it’s over now
So if you gonna believe in someone who still cares for you
If your gonna believe in fantasies say we’re through
Living a lie, now that your love has run. Living a lie, now that you’ve come and gone

Living a lie, now that your love has run. Living a lie, now that you’ve gone

Living a lie, now that your love has run. Living a lie, now that you’ve come and gone

Living a lie, now that your love has run. Living a lie

now that you’ve gone, now that you've gone

MAGIC ROAD

("Long Way Home", 2002)

You've got it all now it took some time but now you're here

Your friends are kind now, they say you haven't changed at all

You've got it all now you've got no time for me at all

But when it's gone now I won't be there to share your tears

I know how you feel been down that magic road before

But it isn't real what are you lookin' for

MIRROR

MIRROR

("Up From The

Ashes", 1990)

Look inside my eyes, you can see everywhere I’ve been
You can drag me down, I’ll come right back again
You gotta hold on to every little thing, every little bag of bones
When the love’s gone you shoot from the hip you make or break it on your own
Love takes your heart away and gives it back in pieces
I look at myself and say I know who to believe in’
Mirror, mirror on the wall, I’m still here, I survived it all
Mirror, mirror, tell me more, if that was love then love is war
I am gonna fight until I win
Another place in time, I might have given in

You gotta hold on to every little thing, every little bag of bones
When the love’s gone you shoot from the hip you make or break it on your own
Love takes your heart away and gives it back in pieces
I look at myself and say I know who to believe in’
Mirror, mirror on the wall, seven hills, I survived them all
Mirror, mirror, tell me more, if that was love then love is war

Mirror, mirror on the wall, seven hills, I survived them all
Mirror, mirror, tell me more, if that was love then love is war

Mirror, mirror on the wall, I’m still here, I survived it all
Mirror, mirror, tell me more, if that was love then love is war

ONLY

HEAVEN

KNOWS

("Long Way Home", 2002)

Woke up today something is gone, looked for my heart but it couldn't be found

Easy to tell this feeling inside, this kinda pain baby you just can hide

Whatever happened to me and you, was it something I said What did I do?

When it's late at night I wonder why, I'm all alone with this feeling inside

Only heaven knows what went wrong, just when I needed you

Only heaven knows what went wrong, can't find the answers when the feeling is gone

Just like an old book some pages are gone and now our story can never be told

These lonely nights, it's hard to bear. Heaven knows why do I still care?

Send me an answer, so I can be free, so I can forget how it used to be

Only heaven knows what went wrong, can't find the answers when the feeling is gone

Only heaven knows what went wrong, just when I needed you, just like an old book

STAY

("Up From The

Ashes", 1990)

Girl, when I think of you, you know it makes me sad
And I wonder, wonder about what we had, what we had
Say we’re over baby that we’re through, can’t believe it say that it’s not true
Please believe me when I say I do, I’m still missing you, loving you, loving you
Won’t you stay, can’t you see my love is waiting here
Darling, stay, don’t you leave me drowning in my tears
Do ya love me baby let me know, show your feelings ’cause I gotta know
Am I wasting my time, am I being a fool for loving you, loving you?
Every night your name is on my lips, I feel your body at my fingertips
Please believe me when I say I do, I'm still missing you, loving you... Am I a fool?
Won’t you stay, can’t you see my love is waiting here
Darling, stay, don’t you leave me drowning in my tears
Won’t you touch me and stay for a while, I need you so badly
Darling... Won’t you stay can’t you see my love is waiting here
Darling, stay, don’t you leave me drowning in my tears

Won’t you stay can’t you see my love is waiting here
Darling, stay, don’t you leave me drowning in my tears

Won’t you stay can’t you see my love is waiting here
Darling, stay, don’t you leave me drowning in my tears

SUNLESS

DAYS

("Long Way

Home", 2002)

You move like fire, you dance like flame, resurrecting my senses again

Never thought it would end like this, the same as the start of it all

Would someone stop me? My worlds is spinnin', all I want is my day black and white

Can't you see that my heart is bleeding? Give me reasons

We live in sunless days, no horizon through the storm

Your love I sailed upon like a wind to carry us

Starless night from the ashes came, in a daze felt the world was spinning

I never thought it would end like this, the same as the start of it all

All I know is my world is dreaming, all I want is my day black and white

On a sea full of tears I'm riding no horizon... You are so far away... Getting closer

We live in sunless days, no horizon through the storm

Your love I sailed upon like a wind to carry us

We live in starless nights, upon an ocean full of tours

Searching for the day that you will return

The unicorn was still out there living 'least in dreams they'll always exist

Would someone wake up? My world is dreaming, all we want is the day black and white

Would someone wake up? My world is dreaming, all I want is my day black and white

Sunless days... (alternate) We live in sunless days (alternate) And in the darkest part of night

Your love I sailed upon (alternate) In starless nights (alternate) You leave me island song

Sunless days... (alternate) There are no words to say (alternate)

How I'm feeling, how I'm feeling, no more feeling

And when the morning comes you'd be holding me so near, hold me so near

Feel upon my knees, curse or miracle as all I see

You gave me islands songs, then left me stranded on your seas

THE HUNGER

("Up From The

Ashes", 1990)

What’s wrong with you may be right for me, don’t need to feel your sympathy, no
In the dark I feel at home I need the night to make my feelings known
Alright like lone wolf, can’t you see living in false realities
Do you know just how I feel? Can’t explain it but it’s real
Lost in a world full of fear, it gives me passion
I’m just a lone wolf who’s waiting, wating for life’s attraction to give me
The hunger...burning in my soul, with the hunger...everybody knows
It’s the hunger to give me what I need, with the hunger...satisfaction guaranteed
Blackened sky on a full moon rise, destiny, it calls to me
Some call it love, some call it more
I’ll play that game if it gets me through the door
Alright like lone wolf, can’t you see living in false realities
Do you know just how I feel? Can’t explain it but it’s real
Lost in a world full of fear, it gives me passion
I’m just a lone wolf who’s waiting, waiting for life’s attraction to give me
The hunger...burning in my soul, it's the hunger...everybody knows
It’s the hunger to give me what I need, with the hunger...  take a walk with me
In the night I call your name, as we stop to play the game
It is it love or fantasy, living false realities

Hunger...burning in my soul, it's the hunger...everybody knows
It’s the hunger to give me what I need, it's the hunger...satisfaction guaranteed

Hunger...burning in my soul, it's the hunger...everybody knows
It’s the hunger to give me what I need, it's the hunger...satisfaction guaranteed
It's the hunger....

THERE WAS

A TIME

("Long Way Home", 2002)

It was late like the storm, finding it hard tried to carry on

Without fear or the shame we could walk in park not afraid

Was a time I believed, as the story unfolded so free now the passion is gone

All wrong, down to the lake moonlit dawn

There was a time I believed time would heal everything

Was a time I believed you were everything I need

They say that it's starting to show, should have seen it long ago

There was a time I believed you were everything I need

As a child we believed, we would wake from the night and the dawn it seemed

Was so warm, so warm, into his arms I was born

Was a time I believed time would heal everything

Was a time I believed you were everything I need

You took me like the Sage, searching for some absolution

Hard to know the reason nobody cared, once upon a time

Take me right away, let me know there's still a season

Let me know there's still a reason to live, I'm running out of time

Taking a chase of Covoisier, all of those words that we shouldn't have said

Now I'm walking the beach for the last time, missing you more than I should

UNDER THE GUN

("Long Way Home", 2002)

So long baby bleed, had more than enough time to burn it all

Down to the core, of your bottomless soul, thought you always wanted to be free

I won't miss you when you're gone, so hard to believe it went on for so long

But I'll carry on without you like before

You will have your day in the sun, close your eyes it's gonna burn

Your day in the sun, will you ever learn?

So long baby blue, waited so long but you never come through

We dried all your tears, thought you were the one I could believe in

I won't miss you when I'm gone, it's hard to believe this went on for so long

WHEN LOVE

FINDS A FOOL

("Up From The

Ashes", 1990)

WHEN SOME

NIGHTS

("Up From The

Ashes", 1990)

Take me back, to a time I remember well
It's a fact, when your near you know we could stop the world
If I'm wrong, then alright
You know it doesn't matter now, in my heart, you are mine
You know we're gonna make it somehow, you know we're gonna make it somehow
I can be anything, just for you I can make it right
Fortunes told in love's hearts, it doesn't have to keep us apart
I'm a soldier of fortune, fighting for a means to an end
If there's love in you eyes, it's only gonna take one night
Yeah, say it's not over and remember
When some night you are lonely, you just call out my name
I will make you mine only, make you mine only again
On the wings of a tear, you know we could ride the storm
Like desire, I was born to give you everything and more
If you're a soldier of fortune, fighting for a means to an end
If there's love in your eyes it's plainer than the world we share
Yeah, say it's not over and remember
When some nights you are lonely, you just call out my name
And I'll be there beside you, and I'll make you mine only
When some night you are lonely, you just call out my name
I will make you mine only, make you mine only again
Hold on to what you have and not what you think is yours
Too many people stand there blinded by the Light, they don't see
Take me back to a time I remember well
It's a fact, when you're near, you know we could stop the world
When some nights you are lonely, you just call out my name
And I'll be there beside you, and I'll make you mine only
When some night you are lonely, you just call out my name
I will make you mine only, make you mine only again

YOU

("Long Way Home", 2002)

Life as dreams, streets of gold. You used to go there, now you're draining down the bottle
System's failing, siren's wailing, no hidden secrets now you're headed for the farm child
It's time you're leaving, take a break down to the shore
You used to love it where the holy waters flowed
Maybe you'll find your long lost message in a bottle you sent long ago, to yourself long ago
What are you looking for? The line is long, you're too far out
No hidden meanings here, do I have to spell it out
Sleep in late, waste the day missin' such a good time, now you've gone and thrown it all away
They found your message on the other side of life, but they don't want you over
They don't wanna cry
Seems that you've gone so far caught up in yourself

better find your way out, it's not all about "YOU"
Into the light of the sun now you're gone, send me a word out of faith

You'll be home - far away
You make believe before you go to sleep, that life is going your way
The things you need are superficial indeed, and leading you astray - far away
It's time you're leaving take a break down to the shore
You used to love it when the holy waters flow
Maybe you'll find your long lost message in a bottle
Sent long ago, to yourself long ago, is it just all about "YOU"?

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