The Flood and The Mercy LYRICS thread, Posting them all Options

[Live4Life]

Hey dan, figured i'd just make a lyric thread if that's okay?
So, What are some of your faves?

Im posting copying from the booklets.


SEVEN

Seven gallows on seven hills with seven suns
Seven hangmen sing the dirge and beat the drum
Take my heart away from this place of no return
And set it far from here, in the name of all that's good

How could leave me this way?
It's cold outside, on my knees i pray
How could leave me this way?

The lights are low
Fade into black again..
How could you get me so high just to bring me down into this valley again..
How could you leave me this way?

Seven maidens, seven boats and seven seas
Black wild ocean open up and swallow me
I can't find my way with only stars to be my guide
I surrender now
Evicerate my pride
Could you give me a sign today?
Am i crying here in vain?

This post has been edited by Live4Life: Sep 13 2013, 7:29 pm

[Live4Life]

PARASITE
************
Little worm
No Spine at all
Just feedin' on the crumbs that fall
Down on the floor you grub
An ancient slug
is far above yaaaa
How you live with yourself ?
************
Big Mouth
Little heart
Talk so loud, think you're smart
You're just a bag of guts
And nothin' but
The door is shut
This wall ain't comin' down.....
************
You want what you can't be
Just a parasite suckin'
On the side of me
I'm gonna rip you off
And smoke you out
You're time is done hereeee
You won't be bringin' me down againnn*
*************
This time the doctor's here
To diagnose
To make it clear
No quarter be given to
The Enemy
The Parasite
Was livin' off of me
Now that I am healed
The world is right
The way is clear
All of the weakness gone
It won't be long
'til I am strong
'til I am strong again
*************
You want what you can't be
Just a parasite suckin'
On the side of me
I'm gonna rip you off
And smoke you out
You're time is done hereeee
you won't be bringing me down againnnn
You called yourself my friend !!!
Should'a never let you in
Now many are my sins
But I'm no Parasite...
***************
I woke up
I came to
Understand it was always you
Takin' my power down
The cause was found
The truth is out
That dog is in the pound
***********
You want what you can't be
Just a parasite suckin'
On the side of me
I'm gonna rip you off
And smoke you out

You're time is done hereeee
you won't be bringing me down againnnn
You called yourself my friend !!!
Should'a never let you in
Now many are my sins
But I'm no

Parasiteeeeiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeyeaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaa....
[scream]

You want what you can't have
I'm the healthy skin under
You're the puss and the scab
Gonna rip you off
And Throw you out
You're time is done here
You won't be bringin' me down againnnn..

Bringin' me down againnnn
Bringin' me down againnnn
Now many are my sins
But i'm no Parasite !

[Live4Life]

SUPERNATURAL FIRE

Can you see the signs can you read my face?
Did we reach it? Did we fall from grace?
Would we know the difference anyway?

If you want to win babe you have to play
Shake down on the road fall into the riddle
And right into the midst of my supernatural fire
HEY HEY

I can't understand , why the hesitation
To fall into the midst of my supernatural fire
Oh the irony of this dying age
It peirces my heart everyday

But we're full of fight and wer'e full of love
Singing naked like the angels above
supernatual fire, fire that burns away
All the hypocrisy and hate
Smiles right in my face

Mystical burn it down
Mystical burn it down
Mystical burn...

And the fire burns for a thousand
All impurities , they will disappear , yeah
Rafine it all into high octane
Push the redline like a moth to flame

[Live4Life]

The watchmans lament

Why do we sleep tonight why don't we keep the watch?
When the master said we know not
When he comes, when he will come now
Gonna testify to the love, and the light i've been given
But i'm mystifyed by the signs and the things undiscovered
Gonna testify to the love and the light ive been given..
Gonna testify
Why can't we rise again
Why don't we right this wrong
When inside my heart I know...
I am strong , he made me strong now
I guess it's the part of me that believed in her
Hey, we all long to be loved
To be whole again, like a child

[Live4Life]

Bottle of anything

Sittin on an open plain staring into nothing
Looking for myself again..
And windin' up ghost huntin'
I put myself up on this rock 'tween a hard place and redemption
Could you kindly pass me that worn out book and the answer to my question?
Whatever love you found, say a prayer for me
Whatever peace you're feelin' bring some next to me..
And a song to sing and a bottle of anything..
High above the winding road
That brought me to my mountain
A lonely eagle alights beside me..
Drinkin' from the fountain
A solitary beast like me...just searchin 'till he found it
Feel like i'm tied but my hands are free..
When will this devil let go? Let go of me?
All i want is you to call my name
All i want is with thee...

[Live4Life]

Holy water tears

Oh woman , lay me down into your sweet blue water
Your voice the only sound i hear
Time plays it's game forever
And cheats us all the same , just tell me
That we'll wait together finally..
To be loved, made whole again..
I found peace in your vally
From the war in town
I found my holy water in your tears..
Oh demon disappear now
You've had your time with me
Take your leave swiftly
She's approaching with thunder and lightning
Sweet revelation, my confratation with your soul
I fall into your child
Fall into nothing
But the depths below you..
The depths of your love
To be loved, made whole again
I found my consecration
In a city of sin
I found my holy water in your tears...

[Live4Life]

All that I wanted

Holding hands across the ages
Breaking free of all we are
A mystic cry into the void of love
Sink with me into the kingdom
A banquet set for us to share
invisible, it lasts forever
I will be there waiting
Deaf and blind and turned to stone
All that i wanted was you
The house was haunted by truth
You left me here to face my fears
All that i wanted was you
All across the great beyond they shout for freedom and for answers
Nearer than the blood it sits unseen..
The walls fell down and crushed the city
And in it's place, a new one rose
up from the ashes, down that road
We have... have to ride
This is the life we dream, we dance , we die
It's time to lay it down, this heavy load
I step aside and cry, come to me now, come to me here
Come to me baby
It's just a dream, we fell asleep..
Now rise with me...

[Live4Life]

Take me back

I had a dream wewere in a garden..
People talking but not saying anything
You had that look in your eyes
At once biblical yet mundane
Ten thousand years like a second baby
Quantum leaps like we're walking down the street
I'd do it over but there's no point in chasing ghosts like me..
Take me back to the start
Take me back to the why we had to leave
Take me back to the day that never dies in me
Then tell me where all the light has gone
Tell me where all the light has gone
Tell me where all the light has gone
I had a dream of a starless night
A mediation, a glass of ennui
I turned around and saw you
And something ancient stirred in me..
It's all in it's all in me
But it's bried deep and now we have to dig
It's still in you it's still in me
But it's buried deep and now we've got to dig
And here we sit in this silent temple
All wrapped around us..
A womb of pregnant bliss
Just waiting for us to sing...
The sacred chant and share the kiss

[Liveman94]

Thanks for posting these, i am looking forward to reading them all.

Somewhat more mysterious then Ed's recent lyrics e.g rise or the river - maybe abit clunky in places but certainly thoughtful. Excepting Parasite which is a little on the gross side metaphorically.

[Live4Life]

No prob liveman, glad to do them.




Cornerstone

The stone that the buidler refused
Will always be the head cornerstone

The stone that the builder refused
Will always be the head cornerstone
You're a builder and here i am a stone..
don't you think and refuse me
Cause the things people refuse
Are the things they should use
Do yo hear me? Hear what i say
The stone that the builder refused
Will always be the head cornerstone
The stone that the builder refused
will always be the head cornerstone
Here i am baby, i'm a buliders stone
Don't you pick and refuse me, listen
The things people refuse
Are the things they should use
do you hear me? Hear what i say?

The stone that the buidler refused
Will always be the head cornerstone
The stone that the buidler refused
Will always be the head cornerstone

I can be soft as a pillow
Weep like the willow
Caress, bring happiness

[Live4Life]

********************
The One

Down in the river we were dyin'
Forlorn and washed away
Hypnotized by the sound
The beating heart of yesterday
I'll never fall back just to follow
I will take you on
And bring you to the place
Where darness bleeds into the sun

The one you love
The one you fear
Couldn't make me disappear
And now i'm risin from the ashes of that fire
This will take you down you should know
I will never let you go
In this life or the next one
We will meet again
Now what was it that you were sayin'?

Out of the mist there came a creature
Made by the man who sowed
Devilish seeds into the soil
Of his achin' soul
It's all so pretty on the outside
But it's all for show
Inside the cankers bleed
As justice takes it's heavy toll

Shut up your face , i'm talkin'
I'm letting you know
That now, now is the time
That i'll be risin'
I'll be shinin' with the one
The one you love
the one you fear
Couldn't make me disappear
Now i'm risin' from the ashes of that fire
This will take you down