Under twenty thousand tons of brick and stone, She carries all the weight of her own world, But somewhere deep inside, Beneath the cartilage and bone
I've been breaking my back... yeah, only to show You, how very lost one can be, And bitterness fires through me. The brilliance that was is flickering
I am the ghost Of haunting hope A trailing phantom Some withering wisp of smoke Slipping by And these are my words Flung through the sky Trailing red
Now sit right back as I bust a "rhyme", I've got the "freshest" beats and I'm always on time, I'm the baddest of the best, Yeah I'm the king. Master
They said the surface was suffocating, They said the distance wasn't worth the waiting. They said the pressure could crush the spirit of a man, But
So far, so good, or so they say from mission control, The deep of space is no place for a fragile human soul. The rockets burn as servos click and turn
The chord runs up the microphone I flip the switch, we're going home Transistor's right on time, resistors fall in line Capacitors are at full, all engines
It was all about acceleration All for notoriety All about the destination Driven by my own abilities Rocket shuttered screamed and then fell away Lift
Behind what I know and see A darkness that will spy on me Eclipsed in this trajectory A cancer that is eating me Destroy, divide the dark inside Destroy
A Friday night affair Out in the city heat Always a party there Along the sordid street And it was guaranteed The place to be was Rocketown The
Tiny speakers are mounted into the ceiling Barely visible next to the grey-white tiles Dripping wet with the syrup sweet production Hollow words for the
Hold your hands to the dying fire's final glow Warm yourself by the last breath of the radio Batteries, are almost gone Sing goodbye to that old song
If the throttle is pulled Back to burn through the fuel And the mix is just right But the speed is too cruel Then even the strongest Will slowly burn
In this broken place where I was born It seems there is no peace, And the very soil that we walk upon Is filled with tears that never cease, And you can
No one told me it was going to rain today, I turn my face down from the sky, Something broke inside my heart today, Christmas presents on the day she
Incandescent moon is shining Just for you tonight Shimmering a golden halo Does it follow just beyond your sight? Sigh You're an angel Wanting wings
the moon from the sky You hide behind your broken wings Your dreams are all for better things And in the dark we climb this slope 'Cause the bravest
Blessed are the land-mines Stretched across the desert floor God, bless the hands that formed them Filled their shrapnel hearts with war May You bless