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DEFYANCE LYRICS
"Time Lost" (2000)
1. Turn to Yesterday
2. Shadows in My Mind
3. West Horizon
4. Between the Lies
5. From the Sky
6. Unturned Stone
7. The Game
8. My Nightmares
9. Break the Silence
1. Turn to Yesterday
Watching time go by
The approach seems so slow
As I sit and watch it fade
Moments turn to yesterday
Now it's gone
Looking back where did it go
Time has seemed
To quickly gather speed
Time and time again I watch each moment fade
Drifting bye
slip away
It all Turns To Yesterday
Looking back
At all my wasted years
Time I've spent
Was so drained of my own needs
Here I stand
To face another day
Have I learned
To chase down all my dreams
Time and time again I watch each moment fade
Drifting bye
Time and time again it's time I can't regain
slip away
Drift away
It all Turns To Yesterday
I see the hourglass and know my time is short
It's much to heavy I strain to lift my cross
I can't refill my days, they are too far and few
My aging eyes just watch the time slip by
Slipping by…….drift away
It all Turns To Yesterday
I see the hourglass and know my time is short
It's much to heavy I lift this cross
I can't refill my days, they are too far and few
My aging eyes just watch the time slip by
As time slips by……..
2. Shadows in My Mind
Alone or so it seemed
I saw a shadow cross the room
I turned to look in the darkness
Nothings there was it in my mind
Time has past since you left our world
But the memory still remains
Along with all the sadness
Along with all the pain
(pre-chorus)
Are you there
Or an angel that's been sent to guard
Guide my hand
Keep me safe
Be footprints in the sand
(chorus)
Shadows in my mind
The stars that come at night
Shadows in my mind
Have you never left my side
(chorus II)
Remember like yesterday
Hopes we shared as we
Chased down all our dreams
Within our reach so very real
Can it be life's so unkind
Still standing there in my mind
Alone I wave goodbye
I have no more tears to cry
The rain has ceased to fall
There you stood
Glory seeker that'd been built for speed
One with your machine
Now just a silent scream
(pre-chorus)
(chorus)
(chorus II)
(solo)
(chorus II)
3. West Horizon
As we load ourselves for the ocean voyage
What we carry is all we own
This journey's tale has been foreboding
But the light will surely
Shine I know
Will the freedom be worth the journey
And all the hardships I must endure
Or return a social slave to my past life
I'm just hoping…..there's a great reward
We're sailing on into the sun
From our oppressions we have run
Looking towards the distant shore
To West Horizon seeking more
Oppression comes in many forms
Religious freedom's been denied
Shackled slaves in a noble land
Filthy peasants are the damned
The time has come to leave this place
Forget our names there's no disgrace
For a chance to live our lives
There's no time we're taking flight
Many dangers out at sea
From starvation or disease
And the storms that rock the ship
Surely bring us to our end
Guided only by the stars
And a burning in your heart
What can I say or can I do
Will we truly find the land of the free
Home of the brave
Land of the free
Land of the free
Home of the brave
4. Between the Lies
Cast to the world with a vision of perfect life
Now all your hope and your dreams are based on time
From the very first day you were told that the world could be yours
Shaped in the image of those who came before
(pre-chorus)
Now you will see
That your life can no longer be saved
How can it be
That to this life you must stay a slave
Hoping the masses will cling to your every word
You scream from the top of your lungs and still you're not heard
Forget all the images burned into your eyes
Won't you come closer we'll tear right through your disguise
(pre-chorus)
Now you will see
That your life can no longer be saved
How can it be
That to this life you must stay a slave
(Chorus 2x)
Now I have seen you
I've seen right through your disguise
Now I have shot you
Straight between your lies
(solo)
(Chorus 2x)
5. From the Sky
Looking up to the stars I see
That time is standing still
Never grasping at just how far
Not fully understanding
Is our existence all we have
Of a distant dying world
Transcending space and time
Contingent from our own kind
Now I know my life's been just a dream
From The Sky our dreams have grown
From The Sky our world's unknown
Like the sound of a distant scream
Or the flow of a winding stream
Always praying to your god
But who does your god pray to
Are all our pleas in aimless vain
Or do they really help to stop our pain
Under the prying eyes of twilight
There are no shadows overhead
Covered in a shroud of darkness
With pinholes in the sky
Now I know my life's been just a dream
From The Sky our dreams have grown
From The Sky our world's unknown
Like the sound of a distant scream
Or the flow of a winding stream
Where are we from?
From The Sky
With Mayan temples standing tall
And Hieroglyphics on the wall
Now I know my life's been just a dream
From The Sky our dreams have grown
From The Sky our world's unknown
Like the sound of a distant scream
Or the flow of a winding stream
Where are we from?
From The Sky……
6. Unturned Stone
Walking along the shore
With waves crashing at my feet
I came upon a sight
That I could not beleive
A blue sea had now turned black
I pondered and realized
The constant strive for progress
Was seldom critized
(pre-chorus)
What have we done to this world
This world we used to call our home
(chorus)
Is there an unturned stone
A place on earth that we can call our home
Is there an unturned stone
An unsoiled land where are dreams can grow
Wonders of technology
Create machines that let us be
Thereby have sealed our fate
Of the downfall of childhood dreams
(pre-chorus)
(chorus)
Places we don't recognize
Landscapes we haven't comprimised
An island within the sea
Or a valley that lies unseen
(solo)
I beg of you to get the point
And stop the insanity
The end of Mother Nature
We will all cease to be
(pre-chorus)
(chorus)
Places we don't recognize
Landscapes we haven't comprimised
An island within the sea
Or a valley that lies unseen
7. The Game
As the days turn slowly by
Waiting for your time to come
Climbing wall that seem to reach into the sky
Suddenly you find the wall is not the one you want
So now you have to go and start again
Reaching for more
Bleeding your soul
Time to stop the game
Choose what you really want to be
Find the strength to carry on and say
I will fight
The thrill of life is in the chase
Reaching for more
Bleeding your soul
Time to stop the game
Choose what you'd really like to be
Find the strength to carry on and say
I will fight
8. My Nightmares
Staring out through frozen eyes
Not seeing what I see
It's all the same
As it was the day before
Fighting back the tears
And holding on to wishful thoughts
I tried so hard
To make the feelings go away
Can't let them win again
Pictures flash before my eyes
But are the really there
For all to see
Or are the just put there for me
Faceless creatures haunt my sleep
So I dare not close my eyes again
I know they'll be waiting
There for me
(pre-chorus)
Here I am at the end of my rope
And it appears that I'm to blame
Hoping and wishing at every turn
Instead of fighting for what I knew was mine
Holding onto my dreams
I never thought it'd be so hard
But here I stand on my own
As it chills me to the bone
(chorus)
Please make my pain go away
My nightmares they haunt me in the day
Staring out through eyes of glass
That don't see what I see
Can you see them
Standing right in front of me
Fighting back the fears
And holding onto wishful thoughts
I tried so hard
To make the feelings go away
Pictures flash before my eyes
But are the really there
For all to see
Or are the just put there for me
(prechorus)
(chorus 2x)
But here I stand on my own again
Not knowing where to turn my friend
Can't you help me see the light
Scared to show my face tonight
Grabing for the sacred right
Empty hand is full of spite
(solo)
Pictures flash before my eyes
But are they really there
For all to see
Or are the just put there for
Faceless creatures haunt my sleep
So I can't close my eyes
(pre-chorus)
(chorus 2x)
9. Break the Silence
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