10 Hard Rock/Metal Songs That Shook My World

K peeps..this might sound crazy..but i don't care...i just wanna get this off my chest...this is MY CHOICES & OPINIONS...the rest of u...feel free to join n share with me ur views...seriously...
1. Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons : Their longest ever single track recorded. This bunch of technically gifted experts made this song more than what is was supposed to be. The technical parts are second to none. I was totally blown off the first time i heard it, as i have always thought long songs are generally a bore. And yes, they can play the exact same sound for their live show as well. Personally, this song made me think, how everyone can just change their minds. "Seasons change, and so can I", and the guy was left all alone with his son by his horrible wife. What more to say?
2. Rainbow - Stargazer : The first time i heard this song on the radio, i was taken aback. How could a song made me feel i was in the medieval times??? Well, the story of the stargazer with wizards and towers of flesh and bones facinated me. I always have this interest in medieval themes.
3. The Blizzard of Ozz - Mr. Crowley : This was supposed to be Ozzy's band, but he decided he wanted a solo career after that. Haha, total madness from The Prince of Darkness. Randy Rhoads was with him for his first two albums and the guitar solos blew me away. Diary of a Madman & Crazy Train became instant classics. But this has to be my favourite. It is not that i love anything that has got to do with the occult, but writing a song for Aleister Crowley is INSANE!!! That guy seemed pretty nutz. The keyboard intro and guitar solo really made up the atmosphere of this song.
4. Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force - I Am A Viking : The shredder cuts n chops the song so well. Enough said. Haha, Jeff Scott Soto's vocals can never be rivalled (except for DIO). One of my all time favourties by the shredder.
5. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell : Actually, i wanted to choose Neon Knights, but this was their HIT. And yes, this DIO-fronted song certainly made me think. The forces of evil and good co-exist, kind of like Batman and The Joker, they simply can't live without the other.
6. Rage Against the Machine - Darkness : Sorry peeps, yes they had lotsa hits like Guerilla Radio and Bulls on Parade. I chose this song, as it was an outstanding track. Listen to the two different type of guitar solos by Tom Morello and you'll certainly understand what i mean. And of course, its' a political song!!!! Mr. Obama, hopefully you understood this band's rage. That is why you are promoting CHANGE. Oops, sorry, i love what Mr. Obama is trying to do to the US, it is revolutionary.
7. Metallica - Fade to Black : Yazeit my bro, this was not a soft rock song for me, i love how noisy certain parts of the song are. Yes, this has been an amazing track, if ever any funeral was allowed to play a song dedicated to death, this would be it.
8. DIO - Don't Talk to Strangers : Well, historically, this song was a 'dedication' to Black Sabbath after DIO was unceremoniously kicked out of the band. The lyrics seems to teach us a lesson or two, if not more. Never trust someone too much, unless of course they are your loved ones.
9. System of a Down - Temper : You people might argue that this was never an official release. But i love the arabic tunes in the verse. It is a 'dance-to-the-tune' kinda song, yet political. Spot on.
10. Search - Meniti Titian Usang : This band has been a revelation for the Malay rock music scene. And yes, for me, they have always been bigger than Wings. This song is a perfect remedy to people who appreciate their friends.

Best Soft Rock/Metal Tracks

K peeps..this might sound crazy..but i don't care...i just wanna get this off my chest...this is MY CHOICES & OPINIONS...the rest of u...feel free to join n share with me ur views...seriously...
10 Best Soft Rock/Metal Tracks
1. Steelheart - She's gone : Well...what can i say? This was a CLASSIC!!! Some might consider them Hair..but for me..this song was so touching..i mean..is still touching..this is the song if ever my girl leaves me...
2. Bad Company - If You Needed Somebody : Well, this was the last song Abstruce played together (my Abg's band lar)...so this was a natural choice..another sad song..something like 98 Degrees' Invincible Man...
3. Mr. Big - Just Take My Heart : Not sure if Yazeit agrees with me on this...yes...Mr Big had lotsa hits..To Be With You and Wild World comes into mind..But for me..this was THE SONG..can you imagine any guy singing 'just take my heart when you go'...ain't that abit tipsy?
4. Dokken - Alone Again : Knightwings (yah...that local band that has a crazy guitarist and a singer who is like a Bruce Dickinson wannabe) covered it in malay on Anugerah Band. Well...this is another...sad song...being left by his woman...are all soft rock songs sad and involves our loved ones?
5. Scorpions - When The Smoke Is Going Down : i have absolutely no idea what the song is about..but i just love this song more than Still Loving You...Holiday and In Trance...
6. Iron Maiden - Children of The Damned : Haha..allow me to laugh this out...yes..i picked Iron Maiden's track here...yes...i love this song..especially the cover done by Dream Theater...more soulful...
7. Deep Purple - Soldier of Fortune : What can i say...even my Dad and uncles listen to this classic..my Dad sings it even...David Coverdale at his Best...
8. Rainbow - Catch The Rainbow : Okay...this was a tough call..Rainbow had so many soft rock hits eg. The Temple of The King...I Surrender..Street of Dreams...Rainbow Eyes...but this was a track which DIO made his own...u guys should check out the live version he sang in 1996..the live album 'The Last In Live'..which he did a medley with Mistreated.
9. Dream Theater - One Last Time : Yes..another tough choice for me as DT had a few soft rock hits like Hollow Years...but this being a personal favourite..i had to be bias..haha..listen to the piano works...
10. Black Sabbath - Planet Caravan : Yes...the Godfathers of metal..i love the percussions on the song..and though Pantera covered this song..it didn't quite come off the way Ozzy did it..

Best Hard Rock/Metal

K peeps..this might sound crazy..but i don't care...i just wanna get this off my chest...this is MY CHOICES & OPINIONS...the rest of u...feel free to join n share with me ur views...seriously...
Best 10 Hard Rock/Metal Artist
1. Black Sabbath - Be it Ozzy or DIO fronting the band...they have always pulled it off...a whole lot of songs that are in the best song category...
2. Rainbow - k...another band with many line-ups and frontman changes...i always loved that DIO era...
3. DIO - well...if any of U out there has his anthology collection..i'm certain that is not enough..cos i have that...and i believe it could do with a few more songs...
4. Rage Against the Machine - if u people know me well enough..this was an obvious choice..i grew up listening to them...and the anger they showcased..was something i always wished i could have done the same as well...
5. Dream Theater - yes...they are the masters of progression...and yes...the tempo changes and all those nicely arranged songs with lotsa patterns are what makes them unique...
6. System of a Down - well-documented to be the 'heavier & noisier' version of Rage Against the Machine...and i've got absolutely no complaints about that...
7. Search - huh? who? haha..they are Malaysians peeps...yes surprise..haha..can't believe i added in a Malay band? now u got 1...i always compare them with Wings..and certainly...they seem to have more hits..
8. Nightwish - just the name alone you'll understand why i love this band...and FYI...the drummer took a 'dare' challenge in which he was supposed to drink a cup full of urine...and he promtply finished that...erks...
9. Stratovarius - k seriously i like this band alot...because of Jens Johanssen..this ex-Malmsteen keyboardist has found a new platform to showcase his keyboard wizardry..ala Kevin Moore & Derek Sherinian (ex-Dream Theater keyboardists) plus Jordan Rudess (the Current Dream Theater keyboardist)
10. Ozzy Osbourne - well...the mad man never seems to lose it even when it seems the world is falling on him...but alas...he kicked-off his solo career with a bang

The Candle Part IV

The candle melts away...Does anyone notice that?
He keeps having to think about others' needs that he needs to provide...
But does anyone ever thought of his needs as well?
Why? Why it seems he has to go through all this without anyone wanting to know his needs?
It's a good to start with in which he does not have a heart..
No matter how hurting the fire on him seems to be, he never seems to feel it..
No matter how much the fire burns him, he still goes on enlightening others' lives..
But his own life is full of darkness that surrounds him, the darkness of greed..
Ignorance is a bliss for them, but hell for the candle..
Shedding tears of wax, does anyone really care?
He also has his needs and wants i guess..but does anyone succumb to that?
Thee who promised went missing, leaving the candle all alone on the candlestick..

A Candle

the candle stands by itself...burning its own self..just to light up others...whether it is a great sacrifice is open to debate...people might just blow the candle away...saying it might create an inferno if not being taken care of...while others just love to see the candle burning its own self and melting...not knowing how painful it is for the candle to stand alone..and yet lighting up others' lives...so..do people actually appreciate what this poor little candle has done for them? i personally kinda feel people do take this candle for granted..have they ever thought of how dark the world might be without this candle..but do people actually spend time to think about this? well...i guess the candle can't complain much..does anyone listen to that candle? who is he to question if others ever gave a simple thought for him?

Amaliah

Hi again….
Religion..it can make anyone go loco or to the extremes of their mind…but isit something that someone can be proud of? Especially the people they mix around with..or sum other crappy stuffs such as their practices to be proud of? Does it mean we are absolutely pious when we mix around with the Great Religious Teacher’s group? i certainly think not.
Here’s my take, yes, ur practices are what U WILL BRING to the grave upon ur death…but it doesnt have to be a ’show-off’ kinda practice aint it? what’s the point of doing that, risking urself to pollute ur faith…for some, from mixing with the best in this line, they will tend to not mix around with those who are religiously-declined. what the heck? aint WE supposed to spread the teachings and beliefs to those who need guidance? y NEGLECT this niche market? if we dun guide them, then who will?
With all due regards, i aint trying to be a Robin Hood here…all i wan is to make my stand clear, yes, evry1 has their own methods of practices wen it cums to religion. Yes, we are encouraged to mix around with the Ulama’s, but apart from that, we shld also do our part to help shed sum light to those who have been ignorant as well isnt it? This doesnt only comes within Islam, im pretty sure all religions encourages this, NOT TO NEGLECT THE IGNORANT BEHIND, unless of course they wish not to be disturbed…
Well, religion has always been a way of life, a perfect guide to maintain and control our lifestyles….

It’s Hard…Ahh…It’s Hard…

Well, hi peeps, welcome to my latest installment….yes…long overdue…. Sori but here I am again…wanting to re-address a certain issue…


1st thg 1st….yesterday…at Project Azam….there was this new lady asatizah..much younger than me anyway…who said somtg which I nvr felt ez about aftr tt….HIJAB…in her own words “If ur gf nvr wear tudung or wears tudung but send u pics of her witout tudung…just throw her away….”

Im nvr tt pious in the 1st place….but aint Islam’s teachings means we have to guide ppl who are far off the sidewalk…n not let them go astray….i was like…wat?!?!?!? Aint we supposed to be guiding others within our means…rather than just letting go the person n let the person rot…

I went to work with an uneasy mind today..so I asked around…of cos..there were finally rationale ppl out there…with the exception of 1….the rest were just like….y judge a book by its cover…

my collected responses today were
‘u marry tt sume1 bcos she is a good person or u marry tt sum1 bcos of her tudung?’
‘wearing a tudung doesn’t make one a good person, but a good person will Insya’allah wear a tudung sumday’
‘actually the ustzh has a pt there, but u shld nt throw her away, instead u shld advise her, let her noe the true meaning of mearing a tudung’
‘dats bloody nonsense, itu jenis ustzh yg keras…yg penting isi hati.., as u noe nowadays ladies wear tudung as a kind of trend..mostly not sincere…sum listen to parents..reluctantly following the pointed fingers….but tudung is not the issue..budi pekerti..sopan santun…berbahasa…hormat org tua etc…’
‘ask her to fly kite…it depends on individuals…main thing is ur heart…even if she wears tudung can do sumtg evil rite? Dia ikut darah muda…not all yg bertudung alim org nye…’
‘tudung or not…does not make up the lady as a whole…tudung does not mean holy…no tudung does not mean no morals…’
‘tts ustzh shld nt discriminate like tt…it only actuali enhances her narrow-mindedness & her lack of ability in understanding a true muslim heart…’
‘to each his own…but she shldnt use such a stern stand on kids..kids shld learn with an open mindset’

So yah…in my own true opinion over this matter…yes…it may be worng of the grl not to wear tudung…and if she does wear and snap pics of her not having tt head gear…its totally wrong as well…but tt doesn’t mean we have to let tt person rot to hell…tts crappy aint it…wats the point of not helping..if we help…me wite get merits as well…I wonder….


Pls reply to me peeps....

Tak Bisa Lagi Menyayangimu

Lantunan kidung cinta mengalun sedih
Terlintas saat dulu kau sudahi aku
Bagai langit runtuh hancurnya jiwaku
Terhimpit kelutnya kepedihan batinku

Mengapa sekarang kau inginkan ku lagi
Agar kau toleh luka yang kedua kali
Tak mungkin kubisa lagi menyayangmu
Sementara sakitnya masih membayangi

Tiada puaskah kau campakkan diriku
Luluhkan segala makna sucinya hadirku
Bagai langit runtuh hancurnya jiwaku
Terhimpit kelutnya kepedihan batinku

Bukan ku tak bisa maafkan dirimu
Namun hatiku tlah tertutup untukmu
Hindari lagumu

Haizz...humans...being humans..

hie peeps...yesterday...someone got a direct tongue lashing frm me and i noe she deserves it. how cld she possibly say i made dat kid's mental status dropped wen i scolded dat kid in front of d others, and yet she did the same to me...scolding me in front of the kids? HELLO!!! wake up ur idea...so its ok for a guy to slap a lady juz bcos u trusted him so much and blived all his lies? u darn heard the truth he said yesterday in front of everyone? now u noe who's at fault? just so dat he cld release his anger on sum1? hello...'So, can i slap u now?' remember dat aite...its a wake up call fer ya...if u gav him permission to slap others...wat kinda msg r u trying to pass to others? so dat means i can slap u too ryt? for 'menurunkan marwah' of my own....?

Erk...

heiya...sori..i noe its bn 25days late...but yeah...HAPPY NEW YEAR..nobody's gonna care anyway..been serially bz lately...ever since i started hybernatin last august...

Project Azam -> Hmm...k...this yr i'v been given a totally new job scope for this project...i'm guiding d kiddies for 3 diff days...3 diff subjects...maths n english n take care of the P6 EM3 kiddies...wonderful bunch of them...expecially d grls...vry supportive...the religious mentoring...i'm like covering P1 to P6 kiddies..luckily shahril is around to help out...rowdy bucnh...but kewl shyt...

Personal -> i got a job at HDB...kewl shyt aite...haha..starting aftr CNY...cant wait...

The Wind Behind The Fallen Leaves

(hmm..k2...lyrical ammunition aimed @ those who deserve it...)


The wind beneath the leaves
Leaves no trace..no what-so-ever..not even a gift
Between you & me..it was all just a myth
Like the dragons in the dungeons with Hell down beneath

So who am I to blame now? Was it the wind?
Or is it the unbalanced system of Yang & Ying?
Your mystical disappearance makes you seem like Djinn!
Was it you whom i saw playing the sitar while downing that Gin?

U lied!! You capital Bee with an Itch!!
You thought it was so easy to have the Rainbow getting ditched?
It is true you think you would be safe when you get hitched
Opps!! Sorry my friends this is a technical glitch

Lord, in You i trust
Your Fate & Destiny came tumbling so fast
When its about them and me..it's not only about lust
Now they will be left biting the dust

Tuhan Tolonglah

Tuhan Tolonglah

Dimana arahnya?
Manakah lah jalannya?
Mengamun langkah pergi
Masih lagi tertanya

Apakah maknanya?
Ku rasai di dalam dada
Mendengar tiba
Membeku di dalam kegelapan malam

Tuhan tolonglah
Ku ujarkan segala yang nyata
Jalan manakah? Jalan manakah?
Yang mengejar erti nikmatnya

Ku menggigil
Dan ia memanggil
Tak bias menahan bahangannya
Tapi dalam diri yang tidak pasti
Berbicara tentangnya lagi

Masih adakah?
Mendenngar di hujung bicara
Kan menjadi nyata
Semua balar yang akan terlalu hampa

Hemorrhage (In My Hands)

(This song is by Fuel back in the late 90s...tx Din for reminding me bout this song...)

Memories are just where you laid them
Drag the waters til the depths give up their dead
What did you expect to find?
Was it something you left behind?
Don't you remember anything I said when I said

Don't fall away and leave me to myself
Don't fall away and leave love bleeding in my hands, in my hands again
And leave love bleeding in my hands, in my hands
Love lies bleeding

Oh hold me now I feel contagious
Am I the only place that you've left to go?
She cries her life is like
Some movie in black and white
Dead actors faking lines, over and over and over again she cries

And I watched as you turned away
You don't remember, but I do
You never even tried

Don't fall away and leave me to myself
Don't fall away and leave love bleeding in my hands, in my hands again
Leave love bleeding in my hands, in my hands again
Leave love bleeding in my hands, in my hands again

The Feather

(k peeps...a dedication fer 2 very2 'special ladies'...c..its not hard...i'd like to thank them fer giving me the inspiration to jot this down)

Look in the mirror my friend
When all this while it seems you are my helping hand
Then now out of my door you went
Look into my eyes; you will know what it meant
I was the beacon when you ran
When you needed someone, my soul, to you I lent
Now all that seems like yesterday, gone before I count to ten
May the Lord takes good care of you in His den
It seems to you now I am just an ant
If only you could write my plight with my pen
But I am just like a particle in the sand
May you get someone better with big grand
If only my mind and feelings can be scanned
Maybe you would be enlightened by His Zen
The bitterness in the life of an unwanted man
The chapter ends with my future hell-bent

What? What was that you told me?
You think you can open my heart with that key?
Now all it seems like camaraderie
I guess I am an irritant to you, just like a flea
I know I cannot get you, even for a fee
I will not beg for you, like going down on my knees
You treated me like a fool, climbed over me like you would on a tree
What do you want me to do, you want me to plea?
Was I even a choice when I made you my priority?
I made it seem at that point of time like filial piety
But is this what I deserve? All the crap you passed to me?
Who am I to you? Just a passer-by in your life, then you set me free?
It is the opposite, now you are with him, holding hands, with vans of paparazzi?
You gave me that look, shock in the eyes, and just buzzed off like a bee?
If that is what you want why not just be honest with me
Rather than keeping it from me, you do not know how it feels since you are not me

Purity hardly comes by like the pollens that fly by
The torch that I carry has come to a nigh
My thoughts, my feelings, you thought I did lie?
It was my fault I guess, I just cannot classify
The chaste in me that is gone made you find another guy?
The fact is my life is being burnt by the arson that was not shy
The guilt that I face is being glistened by the sun up high
The moment you did not kill me was what made me fly
My past and mistakes, from them I learn to create a ‘pie’
Whose sweetness of life cannot be found by just wondering why
I glide across the air to meet the light that makes me fly to the sky
But it brought me back to earth to make realize, it made me cry
My body shook, not knowing what was right, but I just have to try
Reality strikes me right down to my spine, forcing me to scream and never to sigh
To You my Lord I surrender my case tonight, it is Faith that I cannot buy
Thanks for the moment that served as a wake-up call for me….Good Bye

Haiz...life aint good peeps

if only she realised the strings tt were attached...y do all of ya'll take me as a highway...

I Am The Highway

Pearls and swine bereft of me
Long and weary my road has been
I was lost in the cities
Alone in the hills
No sorrow or pity for leaving I feel

I am not your rolling wheels
I am the highway
I am not your carpet ride
I am the sky

Friends and liars don't wait for me
I'll get on all by myself
I put millions of miles
Under my heels
And still too close to you
I feel

I am not your rolling wheels
I am the highway
I am not your carpet ride
I am the sky
I am not your blowing wind
I am the lightning
I am not your autumn moon
I am the night

Renungan

1. Senyum itu tanda kemesraan, diberikepada manusia dianggap sedekah. Ketawa itu lambang kelalaian. Selalu dilakukan hati akan mati. Dibuat di hadapan manusia menghilangkan maruah diri.
2. Setiap kesalahan yang dilakukan jadikanlah pengajaran, insaflah ini tanda kelemahan diri, kesalilah keterlanjuran itu dan berazamlah tidak mengulanginya lagi.
3. Syukur nikmat dan sabar di dalam ujian amat mudah diucapkan tetapi amat sulit dilaksanakan.
4. Kesenangan dan kemewahan selalunya membawa kepada kesombongan dan kelalaian. Kesusahan dan penderitaan itu, selalunya membawa kekecewaan dan putus asa, kecuali orang yang mukmin.
5. Di antara tanda-tanda orang-orang yang sombong itu cepat melahirkan sifat marah, suka memotong percakapan orang,suka bermujadalah yakni bertegang leher,nampak di mukanya rasa tidak senang jika ada orang yang lebih darinya di satu majlis, bercakap meninggikan suara,pantang ditegur, tidak ada tanda-tanda kesal di atas kesalahan.
6. Orang yang sudah hilang sifat marah(dayus), cepat melahirkan sifat marah(lemah mujahadah). Orang yang ada sifat marah tapi dapat disembunyikan kecuali di tempat-tempat yang munasabah inilah manusia normal.
7. Tahu diri kita hamba itu adalah ilmu,merasa diri kita itu hamba itu penghayatan, yang kedua inilah akan lahir sifat tawaduk, malu, khusyuk,takut, hina dan lain-lain lagi sifat kehambaan.
8. Jika kita mengingati dosa, kita tidak nampak lagi kebaikan kita, apatah lagi untuk dibanggakan.
9. Lahirkan kemesraan kita sesama manusia kerana itu adalah haknya tapi jangan putus hati kita dengan ALLAH, ini adalah hakNYA pula.
10. Apabila rasa senang dengan pujian,rasa sakit dengan kehinaan menunjukkan kita ada kepentingan peribadi, tanda kita tidak ikhlas membuat sesuatu kebaikan.

Hiatus

My long hiatus has been the period in which i was simply doing some soul-searching...why lie to others when we are plain friends...not special friends even...why try too hard when i don't even want to...why speed up and risk loosing this freindship of ours..to those relevant parties...yes that's in PLURAL...it's great to leave me alone...

Better Than Me

I think you can do much better than me
After all the lies that I made you believe
Guilt kicks in and I start to see
The edge of the bed
Where your nightgown used to be
I told myself I won't miss you
But I remembered
What it feels like beside you
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me

While looking through your old box of notes
I found those pictures I took
That you were looking for
If there's one memory I don't want to lose
That time at the mall
You and me in the dressing room
I told myself I won't miss you
But I remembered
What it feels like beside you
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me

The bed I'm lying in is getting colder
Wish I never would've said it's over
And I can't pretend... I won't think about you when I'm older
Cause we never really had our closure
This can't be the end
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
I really miss your hair in my face
And the way your innocence tastes
And I think you should know this
You deserve much better than me
(And I think you should know this)
(You deserve much better than me)

A Change Of Seasons

(juz fer the fun of it..this piece is being posted up...i juz dun wish to see the sunset alone one day....)



[I. The Crimson Sunrise]
[II. Innocence]
I remember a time
My frail, virgin mind
Watched the crimson sunrise
Imagined what it might find
Life was filled with wonderI felt the warm wind blow
I must explore the boundaries
Transcend the depth of winter's snow

Innocence caressing me
I never felt so young before
There was so much life in me
Still I longed to search for more

But those days are gone now
Changed like a leaf on a tree
Blown away forever
Into the cool autumn breeze
The snow has now fallen
And my sun's not so bright
I struggle to hold on
With the last of my might

In my den of inequity
Viciousness and subtlety
Struggle to ease the pain
Struggle to find the same

Ignorance surrounding me
I've never been so filled with fear
All my life's been drained from me
The end is drawing near...

[III. Carpe Diem]
"Carpe diem
Seize the day"
I'll always remember
The chill of November
The news of the fall
The sounds in the hall
The clock on the wall
Ticking away
"Seize the Day"
I heard him say
Life will not always be this way
Look aroundHear the sounds
Cherish your life
While you're still around

("Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
(Old Time is still a-flying;)
(And this same flower that smiles today)
(Tomorrow will be dying")

We can learn
From the past
But those days
Are gone
We can hope
For the future
But there might not be one

The words stuck in my mind
Alive from what I've learned
I have to seize the day
To home I returned

Preparing for her flight
I held with all my might
Fearing my deepest fright
She walked into the night
She turned for one last look
She looked me in the eye
I said, "I Love You...
Good-bye"

("It's the most awful thing you'll ever hear")
("If you're lying to me...")
("Oh, you dearly love her")
("...just have to leave...)
(All our lives")
("Seize the day!")
("Something happened")
("Gather ye rosebuds while ye may")
("She was killed")

[IV. The Darkest Of Winters]
[V. Another World]
So far or so it seems
All is lost
With nothing fulfilled
Off the pages and the
T.V. screen
Another world
Where nothing's true

Tripping through
The life fantastic
Lose a step
And never get up
Left alone
With a cold blank stare
I feel like giving up

I was blinded by a paradise
Utopia high in the sky
A dream that only drowned me
Deep in sorrow, wondering why

Oh come let us adore him
Abuse and then ignore him
No matter what
Don't let him be
Let's feed upon his misery
Then string him up for all the world to see

I'm sick of all
Your hypocrites
Holding me at bay
And I don't need
Your sympathy
To get me through the day

Seasons change and so can I
Hold on Boy
No time to cry
Untie these strings
I'm climbing down
I won't let them push me away

Oh come let us adore him
Abuse and then ignore him
No matter what
Don't let him be
Let's feed upon
His misery
Now it's time for them
To deal with me

[VI. The Inevitable Summer]
[VII. The Crimson Sunset]
I'm much wiser now
A lifetime of memories
Run though my head
They taught me how
For better or worse
Alive or deadI realize
There's no turning back
Life goes on
The offbeaten track

I sit down with my son
Set to see the Crimson Sunset
(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
Many years have come and gone
I've lived my life, but now must move on
(Gather ye rosebuds while ye may)
He's my only one
Now that my time has come
Now that my life is done
We look into the sun
"Seize the day
And don't you cry
Now it's time
To say good-bye
Even thoughI'll be gone
I will live on
Live on"