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In times of material darkness
When bankers rule the lands
Hardship is the common state
Which no one understands
The bankers are a singular beast
Most like a crocodile swine
Their eyes are red with avarice
They're hungry all the time
There's revolution in the air
Something makes no sense
It's the bankers are responsible
And not the governments
The bankers buy the governments
They buy the armies too
And with ghost money that they print
They make war on me and you
CHORUS
The bankers are the problem
They are the devil's kin
They have no human conscience
The public cannot win
The bankers are the problem
They must be taken down
Strip and tar and feather them
Run them out of town
The public mind has been deceived
Trapped inside a game
With bankers holding all the cards
They got themselves to blame
It never should have gone this far
We're trapped in Animal Farm
The swine are running everything
And man, they mean you harm
The time has come to bring them down
The time has come to break the lie
Step away from the corporate mind
And let this system die
Step back from the machinery
Don't work, don't vote, don't fight
Let the darkness eat the darkness
Step into the light
CHORUS
The bankers are the problem
They are the devil's kin
They have no human conscience
The public cannot win
The bankers are the problem
They must be taken down
Strip and tar and feather them
Run them out of town
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Materialism
05:33
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Materialism is a darkness in the mind
It concentrates and presses
It wears pretty dresses
It gets harder, the deeper that you go
Yeah, tell me something I don't know
Love is a strong power
That by nature sets you free
Fear makes separation
It's the whip-hand of the nation
It will drive you into slavery as you go
Yeah, tell me something I don't know
CHORUS
Materialism is a fire
Materialism is a grave
Materialism, it's on television
It's on the walls of Plato's cave
You can feel the pressure, it increases as you go
Yeah, tell me something I don't know
Materialism has a stable full of whores
That bump and grind together, they party on forever
When you reach out for them, they turn to smoke
Yeah, tell me something I don't know
Wall to wall at Walmart
The monkey wears a crown
It's calling on a cellphone
Got a killer ring tone
Sounds like crackling bacon on the grill
Yeah, tell me something I don't know
CHORUS
Materialism is a fire
Materialism is a grave
Materialism, it's on television
It's on the walls of Plato's cave
You can feel the pressure, it increases as you go
Yeah, tell me something I don't know
Materialism is a darkness in the heart
It takes you from behind
It occupies your mind
And this what you get
From going with the flow
Oh, tell me something I don't know
Spill this race
Spill with hungry ghosts
It's the ultimate calamity
That ends up with insanity
Pretty soon, there's nowhere left to go
Oh, tell me something I don't know
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Then You Let Go
03:57
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Down by that river
That flows over Jordan
Sail all those angels
But nobody saw them
Love was the music
That ran thru my heart
Then it opened my life up
Then it tore me apart
I don't know when it happened
Or when it will end
There are no rainbows
For what might have been
CHORUS
The more that we struggle
The less we are free
Entangled in heartbreak
Cold lies and deceit
God is much wiser
We still seek to know
Try as hard as you can
And then you let go
Try as hard as you can
And then you let go
Let me swim where the clouds pass
And never look down
I'll love you forever
Though I fall to the ground
Will it grant me a freedom
Will it make me forget
Are there dreams still coming
That I haven't dreamed yet
Will I fall in the moonlight
Will dusk give me shade
Will I cry in the darkness
Will I ever escape
CHORUS
The more that we struggle
The less we are free
Entangled in heartbreak
Cold lies and deceit
God is much wiser
We still seek to know
Try as hard as you can
And then you let go
Try as hard as you can
And then you let go
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Shining Light
04:27
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Shining light, that fills the emptiness of space
Shining light, I see it shining in your face
Shining in the sun, shining in the sea
Shining in the deepest part of me
Shining light, that all the angels dance within
Shining light, the open heart is beckoning
Shining light, it's not the city on the shore
Shining light, all I want is more
CHORUS
A lonely highway, times I lost my way
By the grace of one who loves me
I'm still here today
What is the texture of a dream?
What makes things what they seem?
What they seem, not what they are
Oh, shining light, shining light
Shining light, that fills the emptiness of space
Shining light, I see it shining in your face
Shining in the sun, shining in the sea
Shining in the deepest part of me
Shining light, there is no danger can come near
Shining light, let us put an end to fear
Shining light, where darkness used to be
Shining light, you have eyes to see
CHORUS
What a lonely highway, times I lost my way
By the grace of one who loves me
I'm still here today
What is the texture of a dream?
What makes things what they seem?
What they seem, not what they are
Oh, shining light, shining light
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I believe in love
It transmits in a touch
And those who love intensely are forgiven much
I believe in things I'll never see down here
That everything I see will disappear
Everything I see will disappear
I walk alone through this dance of death
I count each number when passing breath
I watch the madness as it comes into bloom
I watch the monsters in their private rooms
The twisted and perverse have become the daily norm
I see the silent animals
Long before the storm
Then my Lady Nature leaves
The goodness goes with her
Flowers leave the colors and the trees
Nothing is the way it used to be
I was glad to have her by me
She was inclined to stay
The forces of the darkness came to operate by day
The good and sacred creatures saw the writing in the sky
Maybe war and worse were coming
Some fewer than knew why
It isn't the way of things
It's just the way they are
When men are beasts and let her go
And what they lose they never know
I see the life we could have had
I see the life there is
I watch the sun and moon and stars
And all they have to give
I see the mountains and the sea
Some are slaves and some are free
How it is in every case, 'til it's gone without a trace
Tell your lies to others you tell them to yourself
In the end your judgment says there is nobody else
I believe in love
It transmits in a touch
And those who love intensely are forgiven much
I believe in things I'll never see down here
That everything I see will disappear
Everything I see will disappear
I walk alone through this dance of death
I count each number when passing breath
I watch the madness as it comes into bloom
I watch the monsters in their private rooms
The twisted and perverse have become the daily norm
I see the silent animals
Long before the storm
I believe that everything
Everything I see will disappear
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No sons of the empire, turn around and wave
Be free forever never be a slave
Dancing to Clannad, I walk on the wire
But who can find the truth in the words of a liar
And be riding, riding with an Angel of Light
Riding with an Angel of Light
In the armor of God on the highway of night
Shining with love, it's always alright
When you're riding, riding with an Angel of Light
She's there by my side
She's deep at the core
I can't handle it but I still want more
If you're rich in your heart you can never be poor
You can't find it here so walk out of this door
And leave my window if you can't find the door
Alone with the Angel of Light
Both of us riding it never feels tight
Turn to wave at the spiral of light
Riding with an Angel of Light
Some say I'm crazy, but I know I'm sane
You want me to play but I'm hip to the game
I'm the new age redeemer
With the halt and the lame
So how come the picture don't fit in the frame
Here we go now to the heart of the game
Me and the Angel of Light
The mist closes in, we're soon out of sight
The moons feels so close now, could touch it tonight
Riding with an Angel of Light
We're climbing Jacob's ladder
We're standing on the ground
Heaven forms around us, life flows out of sound
The frequency vibration going up and down
The Angel's on the staircase I think we'll hang around
And keep climbing
Climbing into the light
Alright with my Angel of Light
In the armor of God on the highway of night
Shining with love, it's always alright
When you're riding, riding with the Angel of Light
Riding with the Angel, nothing comes by chance
Shining out of sight like a stained-white radiance
They wander here forever, it makes no kind of sense
There is no past or future in the present tense
My faith is all I need, but you want evidence
Riding with an Angel of Light
It's early evening when everything's alright
'cos I'm riding with an Angel of Light
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I'm drunk on the wine of an old love of mine
And the sweet singing rivers are intoxicating me
With the undiscovered mysteries of your skin
CHORUS
Safe in The Nostalgia Zone
Where no one has to be alone
Or remember why they came
Or where they've been
I could have been in the movies
But I went behind the scenes
It's hard to be off the cuff
When you don't have any sleeves
I could have been somebody else
Or lived inside my shadow self
It's hard to ride the ocean
When you're turning on the wheel
There's things I should have said
There's things I should have done
The numbers don't impress so much
When the sum of them is one
I'm drunk on the wine of an old love of mine
And the sweet singing rivers are intoxicating me
With the undiscovered mysteries of your skin
CHORUS
Safe in The Nostalgia Zone
Where no one has to be alone
Or remember how they came
Or where they've been
Live in double-jeopardy
With ourself as the enemy
It's hard to keep a simple mind
When you're drunk, too hot and sweet
I wish I knew the way on through
The worlds outside of time
I'm trapped in sticky metaphors
Like some twisted nursery rhyme
This probably makes no sense
We're never in the present tense
It's hard to cut the whole thing loose
When you don't know how to breathe
I'm drunk on the wine of an old love of mine
And the sweet singing rivers are intoxicating me
With the undiscovered mysteries of your skin
CHORUS
Safe in The Nostalgia Zone
Where no one has to be alone
Or remember how they came
Or where they've been
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The Following Wind
04:48
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No lions raging
No sparrows falling
No lizards walking
All there is
Is my love calling me
Across the following sea
No dogs barking
No birds singing
Just the earth speaking
Before the trembling
And the shaking begins
And hope for mercy for the uncovering of sins
CHORUS
Something is moving under the scenery
Borne in the darkness
Deep in the dark of the sea
Major is waiting while Angels watch
Demons in the chapel
Deep in the hearts of the sleepers
Who refuse to be free
Refuse to awaken
It's coming in on the following wind
Final approach what hasn't been
Seems like forever this less than sorrow
Changes are coming, maybe tomorrow
Men in their suits better hide
Men with the guns better run
Men with the chains and the confidence games
Gonna get burned by the one
So many thought it would go on forever
They had all the locks and the keys
Well they thought this time it would be different
They would bring the world to its knees
Thought they were masters of all they surveyed
All the darkness marched on around them
The powerful armies all melted away
There was no one left to protect them
CHORUS
Something is moving under the scenery
Borne in the darkness
Deep in the depths of the sea
Major is waiting while Angels watch
Demons in the chapel
Deep in the hearts of the sleepers
Who refuse to be free
Refuse to awaken
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She has got no questions
About what is right for her
And he has got no answers
Cos he lives inside of her
Both of them got something
From the things they're going thru
It may be a mystery to you
But then, you're a mystery too
Peoples lives are strange
And can't be understood
Sometimes I try to help them out
But it don't do no good
They got that private suffering
They feel it in the dark
They keep on circling the block
And they can't find a place to park
CHORUS
They got the blues inside them
But no music's coming out
They got that crazy old time angry blues
That makes them twist and shout
They got the blues that horrid blue
And blues that won't turn black
Well they say the white man's crazy
I ain't arguing with that
All the unreality lives go by
On this reality TV
They talk about their fuzzy pets
And what they like to eat
They pick their noses on camera
While they're singing out of tune
Just tell them "Ricky sent ya"
And they will offer you the moon
They're going nuts in Florida
About feeding tubes and WHAT?
They're sleeping in their lounge chairs
Like a junkie on the nod????
They listen to that phony news
That tells them what to think
Their minds are in the closet
And their hearts are on the brink
CHORUS
They got the blues inside them
But no music's coming out
They got that crazy old time angry blues
That makes them twist and shout
They got the blues that haunted blue
And blues that won't turn black
Well they say the white man's crazy
I ain't arguing with that
It's another kind of blues harp
That bought Hadey to her knees
And the ones that make it happen
Also run the charities
They're going to make a fortune
From the rock god's telethon
Pushing his Clinton
They just keep on keeping on
I don't want to be a cynic
You know I want to believe
But monsters walk among us
With a dagger up their sleeve
They murder and they torture folk
Across the Middle East
The Bankers finance all of that
To feed the bodies to the beast
CHORUS
They got the blues inside them
But no music's coming out
They got that old time angry blues
That makes them twist and shout
They got the blues that haunted blue
And blues that won't turn black
Well they say the white man's crazy
I ain't arguing with that
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You Could Dance With Me
06:26
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If you were free
If you were fortunate enough to be free
If you were good
And born to brotherhood
CHORUS
If you were wide awake, done with all your dreaming
If you were clear about what others couldn't see
If you came upon the truth, saw into the meaning
Then I believe, that you could dance with me
You could dance before the wind
Dance in and back again
Dance instead of dying, like they do
You could find the hidden way
Then you would be free
Then I know, you could dance with me
CHORUS
If you were wide awake, done with all your dreaming
If you were clear about what others couldn't see
If you came upon the truth, saw into the meaning
Then I believe, you could dance with me
If you were strong
And held out all along, all along
If you were real, like no appearance could conceal
You would shine, you would shine
CHORUS
If you were wide awake, done with all your dreaming
If you were clear about what others could not see
You could come upon the truth, never lose the meaning
Then I believe, you could dance with me
You could dance outside of time
To a timeless state of mind
Dance instead of lying, like they do
If you could touch the secret truths
And find eternal youth
I believe, that you could dance with me
CHORUS
If you were wide awake, done with all your dreaming
If you were clear about what others couldn't see
If you could come upon the truth, and see into the meaning
Then I believe, you could dance with me
You could dance before the wind
Dance in and back again
Dance instead of dying, like they do
You could find the hidden way
Then you would be free
And then I know, you could dance with me
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I have to walk in the sunlight
I have to sit in the sun
The Lord of Heaven is smiling
Smiling on everyone
I to have to wait in the present
There's nowhere else I can be
I have to stop all my thinking
Until I'm no longer me
Boats float by in the ocean
Clouds float by in the sky
Existence goes on forever
And nobody knows why
We come and go
If you wonder why
For this demon's laugh
And Angels Cry
And you wonder why
The darkness of end times leads into the light
And the dawn brings an end to night
They says Jesus lives on the hardline
The devil, he lives in the mind
I'm crucified here between them
Hanging on the cross of time
Somehow my heart can transcend this
Somehow it rises again
As it was the beginning
So it will be at the end
Vanity darks every footstep
Howls at the full of the moon
Voice in the darkness is singing
Sometimes it carries out of tune
We come and go
If you wonder why
For this demon's laugh
And Angels cry
The darkness of end times feed into the light
Dawn will bring an end to the night
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Help is on The Way
06:56
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I'm bringing home the starlight
With no bottom in my pail
In tranquil worlds forgotten
with no tiger on our tail
Is it the dust I'm made of
That has me walking blind
You fill up and surround me
In the darkness of my mind
There's no one can oppose me
Make way I'm coming through
I'm walking through my falling down
Into the heart of you
You can have these worlds of splendor
That wrinkle and decay
I take my passion timeless
And help is on the way
CHORUS
Help is on the way
To the better part of me
Help is pushing sunlight
Through that ancient Judas tree
From the compost of corruption
Comes the power to transform
All the worlds we'll ever know
You keep us cool you make us warm
You're the bending end of silence
My true serenity
You're the timeless heart inside my own
"Look, it's only me"
"Look, it's only me"
Help is on the way
Help is on the way
Dry your tears upon my heart
'cause it is only me and
"It is only me."
"It is only me."
To the dying gulf of Mexico
In the Fukushima rain
I can feel the mountains tremble
I know love will win again
No matter who opposes love
Love will find a way
To break our hearts and leave it smart
Upon the light of day
I've been hungry for the homeland
I've been gone for lifetimes now
I see the flames that flicker
In the fireplace tonight
I'm looking through the ever leaves
In the darkling of the night
From a place that is the future
My god it sure is bright
CHORUS
Help is on the way
To the better part of me
Help is pushing sunlight
Through that ancient Judas tree
From the compost of corruption
Comes the power to transform
All the worlds we'll ever know
You keep us cool you make us warm
You're the bending end of silence
My true serenity
You're the timeless heart inside my own
"Look, it's only me."
"Look, it's only me."
Help is on the way
Help is on the way
Dry your tears upon my heart 'cause
"It is only me"
"It is only me"
"It is only me"
There's no one can oppose me
Make way I'm coming through
I'm walking through my falling down
Into the heart of you"
I've been drunk on wine and whiskey
I've been stoned and I've been shunned
But all of that's behind me now
I believe I've found the one
I took some lives and detours
As it took its time again
But I am on the near horizon now
On that you can depend
They've been taking bets about me
For several thousand years
You can't compute the agony
That ocean is my tears
CHORUS
And help is on the way
To the better part of me
Help is pushing sunlight
Through my ancient Judas tree
From the compost of corruption
Comes the power to transform
All the worlds we'll ever know
You keep us cool you make us warm
You're the bending end of silence
My true serenity
You're the timeless heart inside my own
"Look, it's only me."
"Look, it's only me."
Help is on the way
Help is on the way
Dry your tears upon my heart
"It is only me."
"It is only me."
"It is only me."
What was it I was doing
As all this time went by
I was hiding in the underbrush
And now I don't know why
Now the moment is on us
As we see the living light
Make ashes from the darkness
My god it sure is bright
It's a strange intoxication
That I'm impatient for you now
As long as this has taken
I should be stoical somehow
But there's no way up around it
It could be a million years
But I would keep on a coming
'cause that's the death of fear
CHORUS
Yes, help is on the way
To the better part of me
Help is pushing sunlight
Through my ancient Judas tree
From the compost of corruption
Comes the power to transform
All the worlds we'll ever know
You keep us cool you make us warm
You're the bending end of silence
My true serenity
You're the timeless heart inside my own
"Look it's only me."
"Look it's only me."
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13. |
Mr. Apocalypse is Coming
05:52
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Racing down that highway
With no destination known
It's the speed of things that drives you
Not the whole world getting home
Now home's an empty nest of anger
Where no harmony resides
You want that crazy reaching out there
Not the solitude inside
You want those burning cities
You want the power and the gold
You want that grab of power
To possess all you can hold
You think that no one can stop you
This is what you've been told
You've been at this game forever
And the game is getting old
CHORUS
Mr. Apocalypse is coming
He's rising into view just like the sun
He's bringing living truth and bringing freedom
And a wake-up call designed for everyone
It might be the very thing you've been longing for
Or it might be the very last thing on your mind
It could be something you sent on ahead of you
Or it could be something you left behind
He's long and tall and slender
And he's got a walking stick
You'll be changed forever if you get hit by it
He's coming for their Zionists and all the bankers too
And if you don't behave yourself
He's coming after you
There's no way to stop him
He can't be bribed or bought
And he's sweeter than the air in spring
And meaner than you thought
You're the deer inside his headlights
If you're the kind that hunts by night
And no one stays anonymous
When he gets you in his sights
CHORUS
Mr. Apocalypse is coming
He's rising into view just like the sun
He's bringing living truth, he's bringing freedom
And a wake-up call designed for everyone
It might be the last thing you're longing for
Or it might something that's been on your mind
It could be something you sent on ahead of you
Or it could be something you left behind
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