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THRESHOLD LYRICS
"Critical Energy" (2004 Live album)
1. Phenomenon
2. Oceanbound
3. Choices
4. Angels
5. Falling Away
6. Virtual Isolation
7. Innocent
8. Long Way Home
9. Fragmentation
1. Phenomenon
safe from all the hurting safe from all the lies
locked myself away now blindfold on my eyes
lost in your predictions fiction from the stars
bound to be your destiny you know who you are
someone stopped the starlight loosened up the ties
now the door is open open like my eyes
so if the sky’s about to fall i’ll still be up there flying
it’s just the fear of what’s in store that ever stops you trying
and if the storm throws you around it only makes you stronger
but when the stars come crashing down it’s a phenomenon
scared of all your visions scared of all you hear
thought you’d bring security but all you brought was fear
someone stopped the starlight brought me back to life
set me free from your deceit threw away the lies
so if the sky’s about to fall i’ll still be up there flying
it’s just the fear of what’s in store that ever stops you trying
and if the storm throws you around it only makes you stronger
but when the stars come crashing down it’s a phenomenon
I don’t want many things just a chance to spread my wings
don’t know what the future brings but I want to be there
someone stopped the starlight loosened up the ties
now the door is open open like my eyes
so if the sky’s about to fall i’ll still be up there flying
it’s just the fear of what’s in store that ever stops you trying
and if the storm throws you around it only makes you stronger
but when the stars come crashing down it’s a phenomenon
2. Oceanbound
every time i try to climb a mountain
all i find are steeper ones ahead
every time i walk along the highway
all you do is push me to the edge
i'm not afraid
let the sky become an ocean pull me in above my head
won't deny my one devotion lose or win cos i'm not scared
the higher up you build your walls around me
the higher i discover how to fly
i'm not afraid
let the sky become an ocean pull me in above my head
won't deny my one devotion lose or win cos i'm not scared
i know the truth of my conscience and i know the lies of my sign
i know how it feels to be wanting and i know of the fullness of time
i feel a storm across my face as night is falling and i can't see to carry on
i know the emptiness of space can hear me calling but i don't know what lies beyond
i dream of a world without shadows and i dream of a day without pain
i long for perpetual motion and i dream of living again
every time i try to climb the mountain
nothing in the world can pull me down
i'm not afraid
let the sky become an ocean pull me in above my head
won't deny my one devotion lose or win cos i'm not scared
3. Choices
each new life killing time they must wait can’t escape
clinging on each sad song swells the throng millions strong
unaware if they care am i real if i feel?
i’m looking past the edge of you and all i see is black
what you steal is energy and you won’t give it back
intimidate interrogate poor you remain aloof
the drama of your misery played out since your youth
waiting for the first insight
how can i explain my kingdom remains?
if i die again the choices
i’m looking for coincidence before it gets too late
i’ve been in this rut for so long i’m starting to stagnate
i need to find a way out soon i really have to try
is it possible to be alive not noticing you’ve died?
waiting for the first insight
how can i explain? my kingdom remains
if i die again the choices
you’re ever so clever and if you’re not clever
you’ll never get into heaven again
searching for the tenth insight
how can i explain my kingdom remains?
if i die again the choices
4. Angels
you used to call me different like there was something wrong
a vanishing of reason a soon forgotten song
you used to call me special when i was very small
but now i'm old i should have known
you don't call me any more
and every day you turn away from everything you know
and every night you fade your light soon you won't know where to go
angels calling at my door
i don't know what scares me more
going where they call me to
or staying on this world with you
you used to call me baby but now i'm fully grown
now you're old your eyes are cold and you are so alone
you don't believe your visions you don't believe your son
you don't believe in anything but what your hands have done
and every day you turn away from everything you've heard
and every night you close your eyes and hide your face from every word
angels calling at my door
i don't know what scares me more
going where they call me to
or staying on this world with you
don't you here my gentle voice i'm calling your name
only just a whisper but you know what i'm saying
you are worth so much to me much more than you know
all you've got to do is choose the way that you go
and when you're lost in me i will be found in you
and when i'm found in you the truth will set you free
don't you be so terrified i'll do you no wrong
i don't want to crucify but help you along
you've been losing out on so much more than you know
you've been choosing dangerous paths instead of my road
and when you're lost in me i will be found in you
and when i'm found in you the truth will set you free
angels calling at my door
i don't know what scares me more
going where they call me to
or staying on this world with you
5. Falling Away
there’s a fire by the wayside and it burns so bright
as the smoke rolls over us we think that we’re bathing in light
as we tend to our gardens the world is growing wild
but we live in our tiny heads and can’t see past our own tiny minds
as we turn away from heaven’s bright sun to earth’s dark star
we’re powerless we’re paranoid we’ll never know what we destroyed
we’re arrogant so ignorant we’re falling falling away
so we stop by the wayside and we think we’re smart
we vote for the pretty ones and curse when the world falls apart
and we swear we’ll do better but the sky’s about to fall
so the smoke rolls over us and we are doing nothing at all
we turned away from heaven’s bright sun so here we are
we’re powerless we’re paranoid we’ll never know what we destroyed
we’re arrogant so ignorant we’re falling falling away
we’re breaking we’re stalling we’re drifting we’re falling
we’re headstrong for so long we’re always falling away
6. Virtual Isolation
we long for a place of constant perfection
where action and outcome have exclusive protection
like in a dream of the waking mind
life with a freedom that is so hard to find
i cannot dream no more, my mind is a blank
virtuality, electrons running round my brain
virtuality, cybersex without the pain
virtuality, life can never be the same
virtuality, rock and roll without the fame
i am wired into the electronic brain
my mind is part of a gigantic mainframe
melding my consciousness with input so profound
relying on program for every sight and sound
i cannot dream no more, my mind is a blank
virtuality, electrons running round my brain
virtuality, cybersex without the pain
virtuality, life can never be the same
virtuality, rock and roll
cd rom drive me far away
hard discoveries in hyperspace
don't delete me i am no sprite
girlfriend's fat agnes chip burning bright
i have immersed myself in the isolation tank
virtuality, electrons running round my brain
virtuality, cybersex without the pain
virtuality, life can never be the same
virtuality, rock and roll
7. Innocent
picture time as before where you slept through it all
they believe you were there why deny what i said?
vicious lies being heard you stand there how absurd
and with hate in your mind convict me
take my life away or give back the answer you hold
and stand unashamed of what you have done
don't just walk away unlock the chains from your heart
prove my innocence cause i did no wrong
empty words lies from the start? we stood strong never apart
had it all in our hands we had it all, yes you and me
now the tables have turned all i gave you return
makes it hard to believe what you've done to me
don't call me your friend, won't you understand I don't need
take my life away or give back the answer you hold
and stand unashamed of what you have done
don't just walk away unlock the chains from your heart
prove my innocence cause i did no wrong
8. 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
cos 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 unless i follow every road with you
i take the long way home
9. Fragmentation
we are fragmented clinging on to a concept known as how
drifting through dimensions in a place which we call now
simply unaware of what goes on above beyond and before
behind us fly the ragged fragments of what should have been much more
been much more so unsure opening doors
separate entities in ebb and flow fragmentation
diverse quantities behind us show fragmentation
we thought that we would live forever now we’re mortals like the rest
we were lion hearted fighters who were never put to the test
can’t foresee the end but it’s round the bend and it’s putting us to flight
i would go with you if you asked me to and you’re frightened that i might
i just might souls in flight just not right
separate entities in ebb and flow fragmentation
diverse quantities behind us show fragmentation
half of a fantasy but i never got
half of the fanta see? but i never got
half of the fans to see but i never got
half of the van to sing but i never got
no i never ever never got
half of the fantasy but i never got
half of the band to see but i never got
half of the fans to sing but i never got
half of the royalties no i never got
its time to reconvene the wolf pack and gather these disparate parts
and to exorcise the maniac and separate these scars
let my blood flow fast and neutralise the yearning in my heart
let my spirit fill with energy like its waiting for the start
for the start a broken heart torn apart
separate entities in ebb and flow fragmentation
diverse quantities behind us show fragmentation
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