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IAN PARRY LYRICS
"Consortium Project I" (1999)
1. House of Cards
2. Banquet for Thieves
3. Evilworld
4. Garden of Eden
5. The Entity (Instrumental)
6. Change Breeds Contempt
7. A Miracle is All We Need
8. The Snake
9. Criminals & Kings
10. Chain of Fear
11. Pandora's Box
12. Humanitarian
13. Change Breeds Concept (demo version)
1. House of Cards
Verse
To rush around in circles, it shows
Where others simply stroll
And in this life when did you ever think twice
Once so long ago
Bridge
Another chance, another risk you thirst
You can’t afford
A solid ground, on walls we have to build at first
Or down they’ll fall
Chorus
Stay awake, in the house of cards
Stay awake, there won’t be a warning
Verse
Strange how situations unfold
Just when you least expected
An’ on the surface everything may seem nice
Beneath you’re unprotected
Bridge
Your uncontrolable desires, rare
Will take their toll
Don’t underestimate the power, of life we share
Think first before
( Repeat chorus )
( Solo )
( Repeat chorus )
2. Banquet for Thieves
Verse
The law is the truth
But the truth about the law can change
what’s good for some of us
I wouldn’t like to recommend it
Some may work hard, all the hours god gave
While others bend the rules
To mold into, a cruel advantage
Bridge
What is democracy
Without real justice for all
societies legacy, protects them more and more
Chorus
They’re laughing at us all
Their lies are accepted
It’s a banquet for thieves
Verse
Defenders of the faith
More preposterous by the day
a distant empathy
From our parallactic view we remain
Can we sustain
A phenomenon in disarray
Once they cross, into our world
we’re pages in the book, of misery
( Repeat bridge & chorus )
( Solo )
( Repeat chorus )
Ad-libs
The law is the truth
3. Evilworld
Verse
I’m slowly losin’ them, the few friends that i had
All attempts to win them back
Have been to no avail
Bridge
Wasted years, wasted yesterdays
Chorus
Am I living in an evilworld
Have I been living in a daze
Verse
I wept a silent tear,
As one by one they turned away
I’ve built a wall around myself
Invisable but safe
Bridge
Wasted years¼ (backing vocals)
An empire built on immorial grounds
May come crashing down
Chorus
If i search inside my mind
what shall I find
Am I living in an evilworld
I’m afraid to open – up my eyes
The truth I’ll find
Is it me who built this evil place
Middle-8
Have I broke the golden rule
To sacrifice all my friends
When I lie, cheat, and fool
I’m lyin’ to myself
Chorus
Ad-libs
Will I ever search inside my mind
Is it real ‘am I livin’ in an evil world
4. Garden of Eden
Verse
I’m surrounded by hatred
It’s destroying my soul, an evolutionary sin
Is it part of our D.N.A.
This aggression nature within
Bridge
A hundred thousand years
And still we can not learn, to live amongst ourselves
Together peaceably, without the need to kill
Chorus
I wanna be, somewhere else
Wish I could find, my garden of eden
Perfectly, by myself
Locked inside, my garden of eden
Verse
To suffer indifference, you don’t have a voice
Such unaccountability
Is a misconceptional way
Created a wave of rage
( Repeat bridge & chorus )
( Solo )
( Repeat chorus )
Ad-libs
Locked inside…by myself
5. The Entity (Instrumental)
6. Change Breeds Contempt
Verse
See how we waste our enegy
To protect our lives our primal instinct
Insignificant ways…paramount
There must be more than this
It’s like a reservoir of hate
Bridge
All indifference, signifies
We’re unprepared, for change
No reluctance is, very rare
When shall we walk, in one direction
Chorus
Change breeds contempt, and misery
When you fight it, we’re history
Change breeds contempt, instinctively
Have faith not, hostility
Verse
It’s hard to reach society
The methods they all praise, inspires complacency
Is this why we’re so afraid
(Repeat bridge & chorus)
7. A Miracle is All We Need
Verse
Throughout my life, I’ve travelled around
It’s time to stop and say
A miracle…is what we need
I know it seems hard this way
I’m not the one who made, these fatal rules
We live by every day
Bridge
It isn’t make believe
The images are real
Chorus
A miracle, is all we need
A miracle, as time keeps, it keeps tickin’
Verse
It’s true someone should say
I didn’t wanna be the one, to tell the truth
While others turn away
( Repeat bridge )
Chorus
A miracle, is all we need
A miracle, as time keeps, it keeps tickin’
A miracle, to help us see
A miracle, ‘cos time just keeps on slipping away
( Solo )
( Repeat chorus )
Ad-libs
Time keeps tickin’ on
8. The Snake
Verse
Like the snake
You crawled around
Now nobody likes you
Constantly sneakin’ about
Bridge
Where is it written
Be cruel to be kind
Chorus
Don’t pity, don’t you pity me
Not a single friend in sight
No pity please, luck is running out
They’re all to blame
Verse
So much hate
You’ve wondered why
Such an obvious answer
The friends that you had, you’d buy
( Repeat bridge & chorus )
Bridge
Your skin keeps on changing
You think like the snake
( Solo )
( Repeat chorus )
Ad-libs
They’re all to blame…it isn’t me
9. Criminals & Kings
Verse
If I play the waiting game
When the world’s not waiting ‘round for me
How will I achieve the things
Others seem so easily to reach
…Why must this be?
Bridge
Is this somebody elses dream
‘Cos I’m unable to see my face
No motivation
Bashing my head on the concrete floor
Chorus
Criminals, acting like kings
Criminals, acting like, criminals and kings
Verse
Citizens with empty heads
Second class that’s how we’re meant to stay
All caged up like animals
Just keep ‘em fed, and they’ll do as you please
…Why must this be?
(Repeat bridge & chorus)
Ad-libs
You know your place…Don’t believe a word !
10. Chain of Fear
Verse
You’ve stood alone, patiently
Your only crime, a different point of view
Taught to fight, too stand your ground
A way of life, integrity so real
Bridge
Amidst the pain and the suffering
Exists a faith and a heart, that’s made of steel
To break the chain of fear
Chorus
To the millions of People, alone and scared
It’s time to face your fear
We all possess the strength
In time, it will appear
To break the chain of fear
Verse
You’ve been, lookin’ for a way
An’ searching for your dreams
All the time the answer is there
As clear as day, but you’re blinded by fear
Bridge
No hiding in shame
You’re strong enough, to stand-up for yourself
I know, I seen it before
( Repeat chorus )
Ad-libs
It's up to you, Keep on going, there's no-use to run away
Keep in goin', don't hide in shame, break the chain of fear
Backing vocals
You’ve gotta keep on going
You’ve passed the point of no return
11. Pandora's Box
Verse
A simple explanation
Can often clear the doubt
Which some of us can feel
Should we let, sleeping dogs lie
Inside the mind exists
A fragile breeding place, for ignorance and fear
Which shelters the shame
Bridge
No-one, person is ever the same
No-one, person is ever to blame
Chorus ( backing vocal ) Slowly, slowly
No matter what the cost, secrets exposed
Slowly, slowly
A pandora’s box, is harder to close
Verse
The evil that men do, the hidden secrets
Aren’t they better left alone
So why, prolong the pain
( Repeat bridge & chorus )
Middle-8
Don’t search any deeper
If pandora has wings..then there’s no turning back
( Solo )
( Repeat chorus )
12. Humanitarian
Verse
Ever felt a breeze, cold
Running down your spine
Not a single soul, in sight
Then someone’s spirit is walking, over your grave
Bridge
D’ you really care, no time to spare, to help along
Don’t judge me wrong, I belong
as a Humanitarian
Chorus
Fools, can’t be told
What to do, they learn the hard way
Only fools, won’t be shown, what’s the use
They learn the hard way.
Verse
Please, go away, don’t bother me I’m working
When I can find, the time
If you just wait a while longer
A few years, then I’ll help
Bridge
You roam around, wasting time
And never think twice
Make up your mind, step in line
Humanitarian
( Repeat chorus )
Outtro
Fool’s can’t be shown ( repeat )
13. Change Breeds Concept (demo version)
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