Touch the leprous for prosperity, stare into the cyclone's eye. Breathe the vapours for divinity; just take my hand and follow the blind And dance with
[Chorus] Watch the hourglass drain itself, watch the smiles grow forced. In retrospect, nothing turned out the way I thought; all is lost. I guess I
Words and looks can deceive, I shut my eyes and I still can't believe your empty promises. I've heard them all before. I've heard them, whore, so shut
Hear the bigot preach, you don't want to miss his speech about just how simple life is. "Just follow the yellow brick road, to paradise to which it leads
Across the river Styx, into the shadow lands My path has taken me, so here I stand. The ground is soiled with blood, the wind wails Together with the
Sometimes when I walk the streets I'm overcome by this fantasy That I'm the only one whose mind is not yet gone, And that the rest live in a dream.
Another grey day in the sewer; staring blank eyes, closed up, blank minds. Fools on parade. The end is near. None shall be saved, no conscious is clear
A nation in turmoil, a city in grief. I can't see the sun for the smoke cloud. Familiar street unrecognizable for the debris. I stumble through destruction
Come on down, descend beneath the bed of rotting leaves, sink past the boundaries of mortality. Entwine with images stored deep inside your mind, be
Cockroach crawling on the wall, trailing stained tiles, Angel, bleeding on the floor watching as it dies. As the angel dies. Crawling downwards, scurrying
In turmoil, well, what else? It's the only state of being here. Erratic lives, sporadic fights surround me in this human hive. I don't have anything
[Music: Ericsson, Lyrics: Tuthill] (No I won't take part) The perfect breed, humanity We change ourselves just to fit the norms I've come to see, that
[Music: Ericson/Thyselius, Lyrics: Tuthill] I've felt this way before, closed inside, behind the door Where no one hears my cries, I'm locked inside
[Music: Ericson/Tuthill, Lyrics: Tuthill/Harju/Wichers/Larsson] This is the end A screaming silence in my head Like I was dead I walk the streets unseeing
[Music: Ericson/Dahlberg, Lyrics: Tuthill] The drive their selves into insanity for a life they think will hold For me to be accepted i gotta fit into
[Music: Ericson/Thyselius/Regefelt, Lyrics: Tuthill] A war of independence, but have you done your share By human hand we're driven into a dark despair
[Music: Ericson/Tuthill/Thyselius, Lyrics: Jelenovich] Eyes distorted by this hate This is the way, this is the way No way to turn Open up this cage
[Music: Ericson/Tuthill, Lyrics: Tuthill] You can't ignore the facts that they're all around your face A dripping mud like human form of hate has crossed
