1. Slipstream

Are you drifting, is there nowhere to go
Life support is down and your systems low
Are you cruising on your secondary cells
Waiting for the bell (oh do you really think so)

Flat line you're illusory mind
Dreams are for the bold and you're not that kind
Disappointment has a house on that road
Best to stay at home (oh do you really think so)

You're safe and warm inside
Your chances pass you by
The question fills your mind
Are you caught in a slipstream
Are you lost in the fog
Can you see through the windscreen
Are you sure it's safe to follow somebody's taillight
Are you already lost
When you get to the daylight
When you recognise the world you walked across

Are you listening with your head in the sand
Drown the words you don't want to understand
'til the song stops, is it safe to come out
Nobody's about (oh do you really think so)

Too late now there's nowhere to go,
Life support is down and your systems low
And your fuel light said you'll never get home
Now you're all alone (oh do you really think so)

You're scared to stay inside
Your chances pass you by
The question fills your mind

Penny for the dreams you thought you'd lost
Penny for the dreams you thought you'd see
Penny for the price you thought it cost
Penny for the one you thought you'd be
Pity for the times you kept it all
Pity for the wealth you thought you'd get
Pity for the day your empire falls
Pity for the day your life got caught

2. The Hours

Everything you want from me
and everything I long to be
are twisted up and torn
It must be written on the heart of men
to get back on our feet again,
to brave another storm

I fight against the hours
I fight against the hours until it comes to pass
I stand until my strength is gone,
and even then, I carry on until I'm home at last

Everywhere you promised me
and everywhere I long to be
are visions through the storm
It's hard to focus when the world's so loud,
enthralling me with sight and sound,
but I will not be drawn

I fight against the hours
I fight against the hours until it comes to pass
I stand until my strength is gone,
and even then, I carry on until I'm home at last

Day by day my memory fades
and all the gains I made are drifting on the wind
Lost my way, my energy wanes
until I feel no pain, but I can't stop the hurting
Destiny – Don't let this dissolution get to me
Empathy – Don't throw away the life that's meant for me

One by one, my thoughts are undone
until my dreams are gone like shadows on the wind
Hope has flown, my plans are unknown
I try to call them home, but they won't stop deserting
Destiny – Don't let this dissolution get to me
Empathy – Don't throw away the life that's meant for me

Hours turn to days
Days fade away until it comes to pass

I fight against the hours (Hours turn to days)
I fight against the hours (Days fade away)
Until it comes to pass (Until it comes to pass)
I stand until my strength is gone,
and even then, I carry on until I'm home at last
Until I'm home at last

3. Liberty Complacency Dependency

"It never ceases to surprise me
at the infinite capacity of the human mind
to resist the introduction of useful knowledge."

There's a dead sky rising on the dark horizon
with the reason and the rhyme of a hurricane
There's an empire falling and a future calling
as the seasons and the times move on again
Do we find solutions in a constitution?
Has the reason we designed it gone away?
Do we find repentance to suspend our sentence?
Because the seasons and the times don't want to wait

Once there was a city left to ruin, alone and broken down
The walls that once gave shelter are levelled to the ground
Powerless to cope, for there was no one left to trust
Nothing there to hope for
when your dreams have turned to dust
The kings are in the counting house
They're counting up their prize,
but all that they've accounted
is the sum of their demise

Won't be moved by what I see
(Anger, fear, and jealousy)
Losing hold of liberty
(Complacency to apathy)
Running wild on make believe
(A panacea to legacy)
Watch it flow from liberty
(To apathy, dependency)

Once there was a city from the ashes arising up with faith
So eager as she rushes to make the same mistakes
Our fine veneer of progress only covers us so far
It only takes a crisis to reveal the way we are
The kings are in counting house
to borrow from their foes
The debts are only mounting
That's the way the money goes

Won't be moved by what I see
(Anger, fear, and jealousy)
Losing hold of liberty
(Complacency to apathy)
Running wild on make believe
(A panacea to legacy)
Watch it flow from liberty
(To apathy, dependency)

(Won't be moved by what I see)
(Losing hold of liberty)
(Running wild on make believe)
(Watch it flow from liberty)

4. Ground Control

Where do you go? Where do you go for external forces?
Your body wakes but never waits to restore resources
Do you believe in what you do, or is it just for money?
So if the world all does the same, no wonder things are funny

Just when you thought that you were building on a rock,
you find you've dug yourself a hole
And you'll be facing such a futuristic shock
when ground control slips away from you
Ground control slips away

How can you face the future?

Do you create and generate to build a land of plenty,
or do you misappropriate until the world is empty?
Do you despise and criticise with no absolution,
or do you stop to analyse to find a new solution?

Just when you thought that you were building on a rock,
you find you've dug yourself a hole
And you'll be facing such a futuristic shock
when ground control slips away from you
Ground control slips away

They're cutting up the world we know
for reasons they're ashamed to show
And all we love will have to go
They're storming us without a war
Extending force until we fall
While we lie back and take it all

And everything our fathers made
And everything they fought to save
Is trampled under this parade
And nothing's going to stop them now
Their policy will know no bounds
as soon as they control the ground

Under the flag of liberty, you'll find corruption lurking
It's our responsibility to keep the system working

Just when you thought that you were building on a rock,
you find you've dug yourself a hole
And you'll be facing such a futuristic shock
when ground control slips away from you
Ground control slips away from you
Ground control slips away from you
Ground control slips away

5. Unforgiven

Mirror mirror, what do you see?
A thousand faces staring back at me
One with a grievance, one with a gun
We'll count the paces in the morning sun

One thing you can sign without a witness
And that's forgiveness
And I promise

I've been trying to forgive you
For the bad times that we lived through
That would surely be a breakthrough
To change the world
That would change the world

Mirror mirror, I don't want to look
A dark reminder of the things I took
One for the wrong thing, one for the right
We'll count excuses 'til the evening light

One thing can revoke the hardest sentence
And that's repentance
And I meant it

I've been trying to forgive you
For the bad times that we lived through
That would surely be a breakthrough
To change the world
That would change the world

Does the world spin too fast for you?
Do you long to make it stop?

But this you know that the journey is good
And this you know that the mission is safe
Well you've been slated and misunderstood
But if you could take all the friction away
That would change the world

One thing can revoke the hardest sentence
And that's repentance
And I meant it

I've been trying to forgive you
For the bad times that we lived through
That would surely be a breakthrough
To change the world
That would change the world

Let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Let me go

6. Long Way Home

I thought that you were driving or never thought to ask
All the while you left me in control
Somehow I'm surviving, it doesn't seem so hard
'Cause I'm not on this journey all alone

And I know the way I'm feeling,
but I just can't find the words

I go my own way, down I fall again
I see the sunrise, only taste the rain
What you remind me I already know
Unless I follow every road with you,
I take the long way home

You weren't supposed to find me, I tried so hard to hide
I never thought you'd want to track me down
I thought that you disowned me every time I strayed
I guess I had it all the wrong way round

And I know the way I'm going,
but I just can't find the road

I go my own way, down I fall again
I see the sunrise, only taste the rain
What you remind me I already know
Unless I follow every road with you,
I take the long way home

And I know that I believe you,
but I just can't keep the faith

I go my own way, down I fall again
I see the sunrise, only taste the rain
What you remind me I already know
I go my own way, down I fall again
I see the sunrise, only taste the rain
What you remind me I already know
Unless I follow every road
Unless I follow every road,
I take the long way home

7. Part Of The Chaos

Trying to make an impression on the world
Like throwing rocks into the sea
Trying to bring to my surroundings a subtle piece of me
Every action we bring to this life can it change reality
Even if it's an opposite force will it bring equality
We all retain these futile gestures
Like some common held belief
But as the waves return my mote
It brings me only slight relief

The wings of the butterfly have stirred the forest air
And I have made a miniscule contribution
An element in the sum of the parts of the ultimate solution
Inside the seventh iteration the flaws of order are revealed
No straight lines no simple answers the laws of symmetry repealed

Like rocks in the waters of the stream of our existence
We cling to the mortality and awareness of ourselves
What place would we be swept to
If we had the strength to let go
And let the waters take us to wherever they may flow

Just part of the chaos, spinning around me
Just part of the chaos, part of the synergy of life
Just part of the chaos, rising above me
Just part of the chaos

Are we delivered to the edge of some far forgotten shore
Are we engulfed amongst the waves
Are our notes added to the score
The symphony continues though it has no shape or form we'll never
Change its course forever just breath against the storm

Just part of the chaos, spinning around me
Just part of the chaos, part of the synergy of life
Just part of the chaos, rising above me
Just part of the chaos

Our crazy minds insist on bringing order to the world
Our systems see confusion in a dark cyclonic swirl
The anarchy of nature can't be tamed by you or i
We'll never understand her patterns it's dangerous to try

Just part of the chaos, spinning around me
Just part of the chaos, part of the synergy of life
Just part of the chaos, rising above me
Just part of the chaos

8. Coda

I will break down this belief
Exhibitions of the weak
Sunken eyes that now behold
you and I held in relief
Like the parting of the sea
Fatal inhibitions
As my purpose now unfolds,
I will break down these walls
I will break down these walls (x4)

I am flame, desire burning your heart
I am damned, forever failing to start
And when the spirit departs, I'll walk with God in the stars
I am black, the shade of grey in your white
I am back, assigning blame when you're right,
and your wrongs repeating time after time

Face down now, in amongst your mistakes now
Drown open mouthed, no escape now allowed
The fight is still on despite all you've become
Now remain brave now,
fight because you can save somehow what was lost
Remember the power you found
as you made up lost ground

I will break down this belief
Exhibitions of the weak
Remember, remember
You and I held in relief
like the parting of the sea
Remember, remember

I have found the roots of man in the earth
To the ground we walk with consciousness blurred
Only with the blueprint submerged can we finally learn
Icon crowned, forging wounds in the skin
Last in line for redemption within
Without the scars that you've carried, your renewal begins

Face up now, take your place on the stage and bow
to the crowds now devout and proud
We look to the sun, now your life's work is done
Celebrate out loud, raise your voice to the sky and shout
We're sorry we've lost you
Remember, all that you gave in our hearts shall remain

I will break down this belief
Exhibitions of the weak
Remember, remember
You and I held in relief
like the parting of the sea
Remember, remember

9. Watchtower On The Moon

You've followed and you've led
You've fought until you've bled
You've sought and now you've fled
So what you gonna do now?
You've ushered in the rain
Seen new life come again
But doubting still remains
So what you gonna do now?

You're trying so hard

Did you find what you're looking for?
A glass roof or an open door?
You're hurting yourself and everyone else
Tell me who's gonna want to stand
with the fire of a foolish man?
In tune with yourself, but nobody else

There is always bad to find
So push it from your mind
And let it all unwind

Your watchtower on the moon
won't help you see the view
of all that's coming soon
So what you gonna do now?
And character's what glows
What no one wants to know
But still you choose to grow
So what you gonna do now?

You're trying so hard

Did you find what you're looking for?
A glass roof or an open door?
You're hurting yourself and everyone else
Tell me who's gonna want to stand
with the fire of a foolish man?
In tune with yourself, but nobody else

There is always bad to find
So push it from your mind
And let it all unwind

You're trying so hard

Did you find what you're looking for?
A glass roof or an open door?
You're hurting yourself and everyone else
Tell me who's gonna want to stand
with the fire of a foolish man?
In tune with yourself, but nobody else

You're hurting yourself and everyone else
In tune with yourself, but nobody else

10. Pilot In The Sky Of Dreams

In heavy consternation, I move across the hall
I pictured this so many times, I wasn't scared at all
But every time I got this far, I never felt so small
My mind was full of questions, of arguments and lies
But every word was melted down when I looked in your eyes
And I don't need these memories, for now I'm mesmerized
And I'm staring down the barrel of my life

Now I'm entranced, you possess my full attention
How my thoughts dance freely on the journey
you attended all along, to somewhere I belong
Like a pilot in the sky of dreams

Can you promise me the world and everything I need?
Can you promise me the world?
Can you promise me a sky that's trouble-free and clear
so it's safe for me to fly?
But who can stop my plane
from drifting out of range? (Far away)

Will this sky be precious to defend?
Will my sights go dark before the end?
Will I see the landing lights again?

Can you offer me the speed to travel like the wind
if I ever feel the need?
Can you guarantee the sun won't melt away my wings
way before my journey's done?
And who can stop my plane
from drifting out of range? (Far away)

Drifting away, out of the grey and out of control
Such a nice day for drifting away

What became of the blue horizon?
Are you sure I was flying blind?
Never saw that the plane was diving
Never thought I was out of time
And now I'm disenchanted
You endure my disaffection
All my systems running red
The radio is down and there's trouble ahead

Get me back down
I lost my way and I want to be grounded
Get me back down
I lost my way coming out of the storm

Did I promise you a sky where rain would never fall,
or did you listen to a lie?
Did you radio to base? I waited for your call,
but you left without a trace
But I can stop your plane
from drifting out of range (Far away)

Still this sky is precious to defend
Still your sights will last until the end
You will see the landing lights again

Now I'm entranced, you possess my full attention
How my thoughts dance freely on the journey
you attended all along, to somewhere I belong
Like a pilot in the sky of dreams

11. Lost In Your Memory

Do you wander through the darkness
Unaware of what you'll find
Still you know to keep on going anyway
In the strength of all the roots that grow with time

Do you suffer through the sunlight
Longing for a drop of rain
Still you know to keep on going anyway
In the knowledge that your time will come again
Before your journey's end

Hold on, keep yourself together
There are better sights to see
Hold on, this will all become a faded photograph
Lost in your memory

Was the frost too cold for comfort?
Was the pruning too severe?
Would the dead wood keep on growing or make a way
For the length of all the shoots that must appear
To help you out of here

Hold on, keep yourself together
There are better sights to see
Hold on, this will all become a faded photograph
Lost in your memory

Just one more moment and all this will be gone
And what was stolen will be returned

Every day is a testament to all the things you've done
And all you've overcome

Hold on, keep yourself together
There are better sights to see
Hold on, this will all become a faded photograph
Lost in your memory

12. Mission Profile

Can we go on? Can we be strong?

We've got a system, you're going to use it
We call it freedom and you are free to choose it
If you're not against it, you've got to be for it
Neutral is dangerous and you cannot ignore it

Can we go on forcing our hand?
Can we be strong 'till others understand?
Can we go on to save our wounded land?
Can we be wrong?

We've got the money and we're going to spend it
Peace is our mission, we'll murder to defend it
Sooner or later you'll get the picture
We're the creator and you were just created

Devastation is where we're heading if we follow this illusion
Escalation of all the hurting that is borne of our confusion
Unrelenting as we persist in putting everyone beneath us
Never ending until we understand our honesty deceives us

There is still one truth on which we can depend
We've started something we can never end

We know although we try to justify the means,
the truth behind the end remains unseen
And while we all assume we all agree,
we're giving up the freedom to be free

Disillusion is always possible, but we've got propaganda
Mass confusion is always better than the threat of understanding
We'll deceive you, we've got so many ways to make you stand behind us
If we need to, we'll use them on ourselves to constantly remind us

There is just one lie that we can still defend
We've started something we can never end

We know although we try to justify the means,
the truth behind the end remains unseen
And while we all assume we all agree,
we're giving up the freedom to be free

There is still one truth on which we can depend
We've started something we can never end

We know although we try to justify the means,
the truth behind the end remains unseen
And while we all assume we all agree,
we're giving up the freedom to be free
The freedom to be free
The freedom to be free

Can we go on forcing our hand?
Can we be strong 'till others understand?
Can we go on to save our wounded land?
Can we be wrong?

13. The Box

The storm was high on Monday
When someone found the box
It promised hope and future
Can't tell you what it cost
To spare us from the northern wind
As we walked our lonely track
The box was found on Monday
But I don't want to give it back

The water tastes so sweet tonight
And the heat restores my soul
Something doesn't feel right
But it's under my control

A hunted little soul
Feeding the machine

We took their precious token
So we can use it anywhere
We marvelled at its colours
And how we're free to dream and dare
Dream and dare

The water's not so good tonight
And I think I'll just be cold
I can't afford the heat or light
And the pleasure's growing old

A hundred little souls
Feeding the machine

We took their precious token
So we can use it anywhere
We marvelled at its colours
And how we're free to dream and dare
And with their precious token
They know exactly where we've been
They wondered at our dullness
And now we're slaves to the machine

And soon there came a time
They wanted mind and soul
And all I thought was mine
Was out of my control

A hundred million souls
Lost in the machine

We took their precious token
So we can use it anywhere
We marvelled at its colours
And how we're free to dream and dare
And with their precious token
They know exactly where we've been
They wondered at our dullness
And now we're slaves to the machine

The storm was high on Monday
When someone found the box
It stole our hope and future
Can't tell you what it cost
It tore us like the northern wind
Sold us down our lonely track
The box was found on Monday
But I don't know how to give it back

14. Turned To Dust

I talk intention
I dream desire
I walk by the thread of the wind
And the thoughts are my own
And the thoughts are my own
It's a long road redemption
I'm a long way from home
And I'm brought down by the sound of the crowd
And the voice is my own
And the voice is my own

If light is fading for me now
I'll race the sundown
No token word or broken vow
Will hold me under
Tonight the veil will not come down
On another day of promises
Promises
Turned to dust

So pure the silence
So true the sound
I'm lost in the rumours and lies
And the thoughts are my own
And the thoughts are my own
It's a dark road denial
And there's so much I've known
So I shout out for a voice in the crowd
But I'm walking alone
But I'm walking alone

Don't understand just what I'm doing
For what I want to do I don't

If light is fading for me now
I'll race the sundown
No token word or broken vow
Will hold me under
Tonight the veil will not come down
On another day of promises
Promises
Turned to dust

15. Ashes

Here we stand and face the world
Renegades of consternation
Innocent in thought and word,
ready for a new sensation
Block up the dam, close up the well to stop it flowing
Your memory is not preferred,
for that is not the way we're going
Sliding away – From liberty to lethargy we fall
Subsiding again – Collapsing from the burden of it all

But time after time, we believe in better
Never let a chance pass us by,
and we're sure we'll never fail to notice
Sign after sign that a change is coming
Time is running out like the tide,
but we think we're on a march of progress

From ashes we rise, to ashes we fall
We cannot disguise our hand in it all

Here we stand and take the blame
We thought that this could last forever
We turned our backs on God again,
but everybody longs for heaven
Sliding away – From vision to deficiency we fall
Subsiding again – Collapsing from the burden of it all

But time after time, we believe in better
Never let a chance pass us by,
and we're sure we'll never fail to notice
Sign after sign that a change is coming
Time is running out like the tide,
but we think we're on a march of progress

It's senseless to justify consensus
Pretensions to cover our pretences
The fences are sitting on the fences,
defenseless to cover our offences
To cover what we've done

Here we stand and face the end
Apathy alive and growing
On independence we depend,
but that is not the way we're going
Sliding away – From plenty to dependency we fall
Subsiding again – Collapsing from the burden of it all

But time after time, we believe in better
Never let a chance pass us by,
and we're sure we'll never fail to notice
Sign after sign that a change is coming
Time is running out like the tide,
but we think we're on a march of progress
But we think we're on a march of progress