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IRON LUNG LYRICS
"Chasing Salvation" (1996)
1. Far Too Late
2. Jinx
3. Chasing Salvation / Heliopath
4. Tolerance
5. Dying to get Laid
6. Reality Check
7. Sunblock
8. Birdman
1. Far Too Late
What did you dream of in your youth
How is it now that you’re getting old
Doesn’t it look bleak from where you stand
You never tried to see the light
You thought that it would just come along
Things haven’t work out how you planned
And so it seems life passed you by
The world it had no room for those who fail to try
And after all it’s far too late
You never tried to think it through
And now you pay for your apathy
Your hopes are long since at an end
And so it seems life passed you by
The world it had no room for those who fail to try
And after all it’s far too late
Doesn’t it look bleak from where you stand
Things haven’t worked out how you planned
Your hopes are long since at an end
You find yourself your only friend
And so it seems life passed you by
The world it had no room for those who fail to try
And after all it’s far too late
Now here we are out in the rain
No shelter so drown from your weakness
You find yourself your only friend
2. Jinx
There’s dark around you
I don’t know what to do
Aural stench, bruising vibe
Immoral threat to our tribe
It’s dark around you
I don’t know what to do
Aural stench, bruising vibe
Immoral threat to our tribe
It clouds my vision
A karma incision
Bitter sight tasting vile
A brazen ego goes to trial
Act out and change your ways
Start now there’s only days
Act out and change your ways
Start now there’s only days
No chance is that what you’re telling me
You can’t change, your thoughts are a felony
Too hard you’re locked up without a key
Too bad your life has been misery
No chance is that what you’re telling me
You can’t change, your thoughts are a felony
Too hard you’re locked up without a key
Too bad your life has been misery
It’s dark around you
I don’t know what to do
Aural stench, bruising vibe
Immoral threat to our tribe
3. Chasing Salvation / Heliopath
You’ve got a lot inside your head
From all the crap you’re being fed
Is it that you want to change yourself
Or play the game for someone else
Did you sit there and just believe
Is your arrogance that naïve
Your tunnel vision has no reprieve
Shallow life when you self deceive
Consume yourself in lies that you have nurtured from your fear
Sit inside a shell afraid to share with death so near
Anaemic and bulimic is the soul you tried to raise
Alone the way you’re shone without a friend for all your days
Consume yourself in lies that you have nurtured from your fear
Sit inside a shell afraid to share with death so near
Anaemic and bulimic is the soul you tried to raise
Alone the way you’re shone without a friend for all your days
When you finally see what you’ve done
Your salvation has turned and run
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Am I not what you want me to be
Am I not what you expected to see
I am the Jesus reincarnate
I’m not a toy, did you think you could play
With me there just isn’t a way
Broken world when you fuck with the god of the sun
Live your life in self submission
Drink in hand and prohibition
And you’ll try and you’ll die, don’t know why
And you’ll try and you’ll die, don’t know why
And you’ll try, don’t know why and you’ll die
Walk with me
Talk with me
Then you’ll see
You cannot, you will not be free
Am I not what you want me to be
Am I not what you expected to see
I am the Jesus reincarnate
I’m not a toy, did you think you could play
With me there just isn’t a way
Broken world when you fuck with the god of the sun
4. Tolerance
I took my medicine just like I was told
Without my tolerance I’m out of control
I cannot stand you
I would not lie
Won’t put up with the egos of those I despise
Your story’s been told
Your attitude’s old
Why did you have to push me
Are you really that bold?
Your story’s been told
Your attitude’s too damn old
Why do you have to push me
You‘re out of control
You’re all just insects
You’re only bugs
I’ll take an AK to the shopping mall and fill you with slugs
Your story’s been told
Your attitude’s old
Why did you have to push me
Are you really that bold?
Your story’s been told
Your attitude’s too damn old
Why do you have to push me
I’m out of control
Come to the edge
Drop off the ledge
And lose control
Come feel the rift
Jump off the cliff
And cleanse your soul
Come to the edge
Drop off the ledge
And lose control
Come feel the rift
Jump off the cliff
And cleanse your soul
Come to the edge
Drop off the ledge
And lose control
Your story’s been told
Your attitude’s too damn old
Why do you have to push me
I’m out of control
You’re all pathetic
You’re making me sick
I wish you could see the darkness that’s making me tick
5. Dying to get Laid
You didn’t care, you had a buzz
You wouldn’t listen to the friends you know and trust
You couldn’t think with your right head
So now we suffer at the loss because you’re dead
And I could tell just by your face
That the barrister of rubbers had no case
And we all knew just by her stance
She made a hobby out of taking off her pants
You always had to disapprove
And it became your final move
It never seemed to feel the same
So now you’ve been pulled from the game
You always had to disapprove
And it became your final move
It never seemed to feel the same
So now you’ve been pulled from the game
You were a dog, you were in heat
So now the cemetery is the place we meet
You down below, me up above
You are a corpse because you wanted to make love
We are gathered here to say goodbye and it’s a shame
But the coach in the sky pulled you from the game
You were a kind if stubborn friend
But now you’re gone and that’s the end
You always had to disapprove
And it became your final move
It never seemed to feel the same
So now you’ve been pulled from the game
You always had to disapprove
And it became your final move
It never seemed to feel the same
So now you’ve been pulled from the game
It was good sex, there is no doubt
But now you’re knocking on the coffin to get out
You never bargained but now you’ve paid
Because right or wrong you were just dying to laid
6. Reality Check
Do you think you have your life in check
It’s far from true
You deny from every breath you take
If it pleases you
You shop the wardrobe of your life
To see what’s right
Dress yourself for a sunny day
But now it’s night
Unprepared for true reality, you’re feeling frail
Unprotected Principality, you’re looking pale
You’re employed without a salary, you’re bound by fail
Don’t have hearing, say I preach
Mock the meaning that I teach
Building bridges with no feet
But there’s no mercy in the street
The eggs in your basket have slipped from your hands
Unable to keep up with things that you should have done
The train you’ve been riding is off of the tracks
You reach for support and find nothing but backs
The eggs in your basket have slipped from your hands
Unable to keep up with things that you should have done
The train you’ve been riding is off of the tracks
You reach for support and find nothing but backs
The eggs in your basket have slipped from your hands
Unable to keep up with things that you should have done
The train you’ve been riding is off of the tracks
You reach for support and find nothing but backs
The eggs in your basket have slipped from your hands
Unable to keep up with things that you should have done
The train you’ve been riding is off of the tracks
You reach for support and find nothing but backs
7. Sunblock
I worship sand and stone
The mother earth and I alone
The mountains are flesh and bone
Environment to call my own
I see you technogreed
And hear a voice of vicious creed
Volcanoes start to bleed
And the species sway with need
I worship sand and stone
The mother earth and I alone
The mountains are flesh and bone
Environment to call my own
I see you technogreed
And hear a voice of vicious creed
Volcanoes start to bleed
And the species sway with need
Foreseeing ruined fate
Against the trees that you hate
Too soon it’s far too late
To end the death you satiate
Every day thousands of acres of rain forest are torn down in the name of technology, destroying endangered species and plants like the periwinkle flower, which holds the cure for some kinds of children’s leukaemia. Who gave us the right to destroy this planet?
The trees are sick and tired
Their patience has expired
Sickened by this mess
Homes made from their own flesh
They de-bone us alive
So the saplings can survive
Stitching skin to skin
A final unity of men
They make us a bleeding dome
To protect their only home
To save the mother earth
To pave way for the rebirth
8. Birdman
I feel my resolve strengthen
I se my arms lengthen
I’m gonna shed my skin
And fly away
I’m gonna grow wings
I’ve got to change things
I need to grow inside
And just move on
I’ve got to get out
There can be no doubt
I need to change inside
And just move on
My resolve grows strong
And my arms grow long
I’ll rip my skin off
And fly away
So now you know
I’ve got to go
Already gone
I’m moving on
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