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State of Delusion
02:21
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Tell me who to hate today
tell me what to feel
tell me who's the enemy
tell me who to kill
tell me what is right and true
tell me what is really real
tell me what I should believe
tell me who's the enemy
Welcome to the United States of Delusion
Where every day's an illusion
bathe me in your cool blue glow
tell me what to think and feel
Welcome to the United States of Delusion
Images on a glowing screen
teach me what is really real
I sit in my reclining chair
as they tell me who to blame today
for my dreary life of pain
and emptiness of dreams long died
Handsome men in expensive suits
fill me with their simple lies
simple lies to fill the holes
of a life empty of hope
[chorus]
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2. |
Lies
02:46
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When I was a child
I thought I could dream
when I was a child
things were what they seemed
when I was a child
I thought that I could be
anything in the world
that I wanted to be
And lies....
And lies...
holding ... holding me... on the ground
when I was a child
I thought life was fair
when I was a child
God was every where
when I was a child
the american dream
was something to hope
for tomorrow to bring...
And lies... And lies... holding ... holding me ... on the ground
lie to myself
lie to each other
lie to someone
who deserves truth
but who wants the truth
when it hurts so much
better to lie
and pretend all is well
lies... And lies... holding ... holding me ... on the ground
when I was grown up
and thought I could fly
I jumped from the roof
and oh how I tried
but of course you can't fly
if you have had your wings
clipped early on
by lies posing as dreams
And lies... And lies... holding ... holding me ... on the ground
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3. |
Have you ever
03:51
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have you ever wondered whether
the pain would ever end
have you ever wondered why
the children die in vain
have you ever wondered whether
there is meaning in your pain
have you ever wondered whether
you have gone insane
and I know the dreams are dying
and I know the dark is here
and I know the end is coming
as the world drowns in tears
Have you ever wondered whether
the dawn would ever come
whether anything would ever come and lift the dark
have you ever wondered what life would be
if your dreams had never died
have you ever wondered what you'd be
have you ever wondered
if you could find some peace
have you ever wondered
if your life would'nt be so cheap
if you had the courage
to defy the nightmares in the dark
if you had the courage to listen to your heart
[chorus]
have you ever wondered whether
there's meaning to anything
whether your fears are real
or just illusions like they seem
when the flickering lights come across your TV screen
and drown the screams of children
dying with your dreams
have you ever wondered whether
life could be something more
if everybody dared to dream of an end to war
if peace was something other than someone else's lie
have you ever wondered if you could save a life
[chorus]
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4. |
Thirty silver coins
04:57
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Well one day you saw Camelot and walked through its halls
and were a knight in shining armour with justice for all
but then one day you traded it in
for a three piece suit and a mercedes benz
then one day you traded it in
for thirty silver coins
Sold all your dreams
for thirty silver coins
Sold all your dreams
for thirty silver coins
well you rented yourself a bulldozer blade
and then you bulldozed camelot away
and now where once the round table stood
is a pay parking lot for your very own good
how I listened when you talked of peace and love
but I guess there's more profit in hate and war
I guess peace and love just ain't worth damn
when it can all be sold for thirty silver coins
[chorus]
well one day you could have changed the world
an end to hunger, an end to war
but then you forgot what you were dreaming for
and let it all go in drugs and free love
Well you say you're not sorry, you say all is well
that the world is all pleasure and everything's swell
when what you mean is that you got gold for yourself
and you don't give a damn about anyone else
[chorus]
but in the ruins of the american dream
where the big boys pillage and the children scream
invisible people struggle to survive
and you hope that no one pierces your disguise
well Judas had the grace to hang himself in shame
you stand there before me and say it ain't the same
I guess that's what you say when you sold all your dreams
sold all your dreams for thirty silver coins
Sold all your dreams
for thirty silver coins
Sold all your dreams
for thirty silver coins
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5. |
Blood
03:31
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I turn my head and pretend I don't see
anyone real like you or like me
I go home to my family and friends
everyone else is pictures on a screen
but the blood
but the blood won't come off of my hands
no matter how hard I try not to see
the blood won't come off of my hands
I go to work on every weekday
and to the malls on weekends to play
and pretend there is nothing else real
and under those bombs are not people who feel
..blood..
I tell myself there's nothing to do
as children die and red blood spews
it's just images on a screen
it's got nothing to do with you or with me
..blood..
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6. |
The Greatest Sin
02:43
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The people believe what they're told to believe
as they crawl upon their knees
and whimper before the hand that feeds
and they call it freedom
Keep your head down don't talk don't speak
keep quiet about the things you see
don't care about your fellow man
you know that you don't need'em.
[chorus]
Kill that bearded homeless man
but you already did
He rose again but won't be back
A hard heart is the greatest sin.
Dead man on the railroad tracks
Don't look don't think don't feel don't ask
the voices say he was not like you
it was okay to kill him
Baby cries in a run-down shack
as the people drive and don't look back
at the ones they left far behind
to find the one last freedom
[chorus]
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Dreams in the wind
02:15
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Well in this time of sorrow
Well In this time of woe
I look to you and hope
That love will save my soul
Chorus:
Well the road to hell is paved
with dead dreams and lies
where did my dreams all go
when did my dreams all die
oh the light slowly fades away
and I know that my end is near
where will my music go
when there's no one to hear
There was a time I tried
to dream of better things
but my love was not enough
to make things right when all was wrong
[Chorus]
so I wander round this old world
and all I do is wait and watch
nothing left worth dying for
Just empty dreams in the wind
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8. |
The Calculus of Pain
04:28
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little girl stares at the symbols in chalk
on the blackboard on the schoolhouse wall
and does not understand at all
and a man draws near the classroom door
to ask questions whose answers
she does not know
come to teach the lessons
of the calculus of pain
nine years old and a number on her chest
into the camera the little girl stares
the bruises on her face glow in the flash
the bruises on her face for questions asked
they came to liberate her
they came to bring her freedom
freedom
freedom
but what they bring to her
is the calculus of pain
The man comes with a shovel for her hands
leads her out of the schoolhouse door
empty swings sway in the school playground
where no children laugh, where no children play
sun shines but there's no light today
and they take her to the woods
as bombs explode in the distance
was it a bullet
or was it a knife
or was it a rope
that ended her life
that taught to her the final lesson
of the calculus of pain
on the museum wall
a picture torn and bloodied
no one knows her name
or from where it was she came
no one knows her name
on the wall above are the words
never again
never again
but somewhere else
in this world
another girl learns the lessons of
the calculus of pain
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9. |
Down By The River
02:55
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Down by the river
down by the sea
there I met my true love
and there she loved me
and our love would last forever
until the grave's embrace
down by the river
down by the sea
then one day my true love
my true love came to me
and told me she must leave
for a soldier she must be
'twas a family tradition
down the centuries
we made love that evening
beneath the old oak tree
Down by the river
down by the sea
I wait by the river
beneath the old oak tree
for my love to come back
from the conflict overseas
down by the river
down by the sea
Then one day her father calls
and tells me through his tears
that my true love won't be home
that she has ceased to be
that she has died defending
a mountain made of lies
and no one can ever tell us
why she had to die
Down by the river
down by the sea
there I met my true love
and there she loved me
and our love would last forever
until the grave's embrace
down by the river
down by the sea
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10. |
In A Time Of Lies
02:41
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In a time of lies
when nothing's real
when we're told
what to think and feel
how do we choose what lies to hear
how do we choose what lies to feel
In a time of lies
how we choose
the lies that heal
or the lies that kill
and how do we
even know
that the things we feel
are really real
In a time where truth is just a word
and reality is just a screen
how can we know how can we see
what is the truth of anything
how can we know how can we see
And soulless men with sour lies
tell us who we should despise
influencers with empty eyes
tell us what evil to buy
and somewhere I know children cry
and somewhere I know children die
but I don't even know who or why
I don't know in a time of lies
In a time where truth is just a word
and reality is just a screen
how can we know how can we see
what is the truth of anything
how can we know how can we see
In a time of lies
In a time of lies
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Eric Lee Green Sacramento, California
White trash blues
Three chords and the truth.
Eric Lee Green recommends:
The spaces between the notes
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