1. 1969

"Half a million strong" headed for love
They danced in the pasture of lightning, thunder and mud
Primitive chantings, sounds from a wooden drum
Songs about love and how we shall overcome
How the world was changing
Right before our eyes

1969, revolution
Expansion of minds to the moon and back
With flowers in their hair they turned towards the sun
End of love and Haight, riots in the name of freedom

How the world was changing
Underneath the sky
How the world is changing
Hope and faith arise

Summer is over, a new age has won
The Dynasty decayed, shameless with lust
Drunk on desire and personal gain
While menacing serpents writhe in their veins

How the world is, how the world is changing
How the world is
How the world is, how the world is changing
How the world is
How the world is changing
Under darkened skies

We cannot fathom what we have become
What we're doing, where did we go wrong

We're lost in the chaos, nights without rest
Drowning the voices, breaking the limits
Screaming for quiet, fighting for peace
Wondering if this is how it should be

Where did you go, 1969
Your spirit is needed, it's time to fly
Send us your captain, send us a guide
Searching for love, both low and high

How the world is changing
Fear and hate arise

A battle is raging, gravity pulls us down
We wonder is somebody somewhere
Will help us make it out
As our gentle eyes grow older
The light and beauty reappears
We can almost see it in everything

The years have a pulse and the rhythm connecting every dot
And we can't seem to unraval
This jumbled mess of starts and stops
And we're hoping that there's a purpose
Will we find all we have lost
The warmth in the winter, and the morning frost

We stand still beholding the light of the stars
As it travels through space and time for miles and miles
The miracle ends and then another begins
And it's spinning around and around
1969
1969

2. Turn It Up

Sometimes we're high
We're on the rise
I see it climb
It's like I'm flying, yeah
It doesn't make sense
Why you're hand to mouth

And then we're down
A falling out
A market crash
A freak attack, yeah
We didn't see it coming
Won't pay it back

Winners
Traders
We'll fix it in our favor

Turn it up
Turn it up
They've given me the right
To pull the strings and make you think it's fine

Turn it up, turn it down,
Call it a crisis
In the red, in the black
Widening the divide
It's a matter of time

Turn it up, turn it down
Make it look random
Buying in, selling out
I shouldn't tell you more
How we've done it before

The greater need
The greater greed
Oh, nothing's free
How could it be
It's gonna take some time
And sacrifice

When money talks
Compassion walks
We're in the shade
Where deals are made
Someone's gonna play
This dirty game

Turn it up, turn it up and turn it down

A bull a bear oh we don't care
Cause either way we're millionaires
It's gonna take some time
And sacrifice

3. When The World Is Caving In

All we got in life is time
Too many people spending mine
Played the game a bit too long
Lost my sense of right and wrong

I've hit the ground running
Tried to reinvent the wheel
Even climbed the highest mountain
To find the truth it would reveal

Will I ever reach the river
To wash away my sin
Will I ever see a new beginning
When my little world is caving in
Is caving in

All we got in life is time
Too many people spending mine
Played the game a bit too long
Lost my sense of right and wrong

Battle worn I soldiered on
Made it past the walls of stone
Dodged the bullets with shields of hope
Still burned by my heavy load

Will I ever reach the river
To wash away my sin
Will I ever see a new beginning
When my little world is caving in
Is caving in

Restless me, restless you
With everyone against us and
everything to prove
Damaged me, damaged us
Flat broke and broken in the dust

Here I am, a one-man band
Flying or falling, where will I land?
The thing called love is out of reach
The harder I search, the less I see

Will I ever reach the river
To wash away my sin
Will I ever see a new beginning
When my little world is caving in
Is caving in

Was tempted by the siren's song
That drove me off, pulled me down
Surrendered to that place below
How could I sink so low?

Trudged along winding roads
Lined with the oldest oak
The wind as my trusted guide
Drew me from a sheltered life

All we got in life is time
Too many people spending mine
Played the game a bit too long
Lost my sense of right and wrong

In search for truth I've lost my youth
From neon bright to faded grey
I am knocking at the gates of hell
Why can't I unring the bell?

Will I ever reach the river?
To wash away my sin
Will I ever see a new beginning?
When my little world is caving in
When your little world is caving in

4. Can't Take It With You

Can't take it with you
To the place you go
Can't take it with you
To the place you're going

Money, money makes any day sunny
Work your way up to icy altitudes
Get to the top til you start to cough
A modern King Midas with no time off

Money, money sweeter than honey
A coaster ride with its ups and downs
You hit the top but don't wanna stop
Enough is enough is enough is enough

Make a buck, gamble five
Make your luck, buy sell buy
Cannot take it, cannot take it with you
Get your share before it's gone
Don't care who you're stepping on
Cannot take it, cannot take it with you

All in awe of the paper tiger
Love for sale if you have a buyer
Friend of foe, money won't know
Can't spend a dime when you're six feet below

Money, money cunning and evil
Money makes money and the rich get richer
Eye the prize, you're the bait and switcher
It all falls down when you need to ditcher

Make a buck, gamble five
Make your luck, buy sell buy
Cannot take it, cannot take it with you
Get your share before it's gone
Don't care who you're stepping on
Cannot take it, cannot take it with you

Can't take it with you
To the place you go
Can't take it with you
To the place you're going

Money, money makes any day sunny
Work your way up to icy altitudes
Get to the top til you start to cough
A modern King Midas with no time off

Money, money sweeter than honey
A coaster ride with its ups and downs
You hit the top but don't wanna stop
Enough is enough is enough is enough

Make a buck, gamble five
Make your luck, buy sell buy
Cannot take it, cannot take it with you
Get your share before it's gone
Don't care who you're stepping on
Cannot take it, cannot take it with you

5. There's Nothing Wrong With The World

There's nothing wrong with the world today
Rivers overflowing
Snowy treetops in Bombay

There's nothing wrong with the sky tonight
Just white doves leaving vapour trails
In the shape of a pentagram

Leave it now
Da pacem cordium
Leave it now
Da pacem cordium

There's nothing wrong with the news, you know
They learn us to tell perfect lies
Til truth exists no more

There's nothing wrong with our God
Witness to our sacred wars
And bloodshed for oil

Leave it now
Da pacem cordium
Leave it now
Da pacem cordium
You better leave it now

There's nothing wrong with your health, you'll see
Said the doctor, it's called life
It cuts you like a knife

There's nothing wrong with me, I swear
I'm ticking like a time bomb
Gonna blow to bits inside

Leave it now
Da pacem cordium
Leave it now
Da pacem cordium
You better leave it now

6. Bite The Grit

A brook without its rocks is a brook without a song
A road without its twists and turns will rarely guide you home
A sheep without a shepherd has a lonely land to roam
A tale without a villain, a calm without a storm

No matter what you say, no matter what you do
It's gonna hurt but you can't give in, you gotta bite the grit

Hit me with your truth
Don't soften it with your lies
I'd rather learn the hard way than hardly even try
Pride will keep you safe behind your high and mighty walls
A warrior becomes a hero dying for his cause

No matter what you say, no matter what you do
It's gonna hurt but you can't give in, you gotta bite the grit

You work to make a living but rarely live enough
And stumble through your day-to-day growing bored, tired and numb
I know you want to run from me, it's ease to be done
But you can't take the easy way until the battle is won

Everybody plays the blame game
Everybody's on the run

7. When Fear Came To Town

Oh, man. Man of God, locked and loaded
With an axe to grind
We felt unfettered and alive
But it changed in a blink of an eye

Time has come
For hard defense
Stave off the end of innocence

We gotta get ourselves
Back to higher ground
Cause fear has come to town

Come hell or high water, he said as he run
Across the street
I bought a one way ticket cause I ain't
Ain't coming back

Time has come
For hard defense
Stave off the end of innocence

The clouds are grey, oh compassion
Where have you gone
We are all prey to dark uncertainty
Times of wonder, where are you now

Time has come
For hard defense
Stave off the end of innocence