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THRESHOLD LYRICS
"Surface To Stage" (2006 Live album)
1. Mission Profile
2. Ground Control
3. Into The Light
4. Echoes Of Life
5. Long Way Home
6. Opium
7. The Art Of Reason
8. Pressure
9. Flags And Footprints
10. Light And Space
1. Mission Profile
can we go on can we be strong
we've got a system you're going to use it
we call it freedom and you are free to choose it
if you're not against it you've got to be for it
neutral is dangerous and you cannot ignore it
can we go on forcing our hand
can we be strong till others understand
can we go on to save our wounded land
can we be wrong
we've got the money we're going to spend it
peace is our mission we'll murder to defend it
sooner or later you'll get the picture
we're the creator and you were just created
devastation is where we're heading if we follow this illusion
escalation of all the hurting that is borne of our confusion
unrelenting as we persist in putting everyone beneath us
never ending until we understand our honesty deceives us
there is still one truth on which we can depend
we've started something we can never end
we know although we try to justify the means
the truth behind the end remains unseen
and while we all assume we all agree
we're giving up the freedom to be free
disillusion is always possible but we've got propaganda
mass confusion is always better than the threat of understanding
we'll deceive you we've got so many ways to make you stand behind us
if we need to we'll use them on ourselves to constantly remind us
there is just one lie that we can still defend
we've started something we can never end
we know although we try to justify the means
the truth behind the end remains unseen
and while we all assume we all agree
we're giving up the freedom to be free
there is still one truth on which we can depend
we've started something we can never end
we know although we try to justify the means
the truth behind the end remains unseen
and while we all assume we all agree
we're giving up the freedom to be free
2. Ground Control
where do you go where do you go for external forces
your body wakes but never waits to restore resources
do you believe in what you do or is it just for money
so if the world all does the same no wonder things are funny
just when you thought that you were building on a rock
you find you've dug yourself a hole
and you'll be facing such a futuristic shock
when ground control slips away from you
ground control slips away
how can you face the future
do you create and generate to build a land of plenty
or do you misappropriate until the world is empty
do you despise and criticise with no absolution
or do you stop to analyse to find a new solution
just when you thought that you were building on a rock
you find you've dug yourself a hole
and you'll be facing such a futuristic shock
when ground control slips away from you
ground control slips away
they're cutting up the world we know
for reasons they're ashamed to show
and all we love will have to go
they're storming us without a war
extending force until we fall
while we lie back and take it all
and everything our fathers made
and everything they fought to save
is trampled under this parade
and nothing's going to stop them now
their policy will know no bounds
as soon as they control the ground
under the flag of liberty you'll find corruption lurking
it's our responsibility to keep the system working
just when you thought that you were building on a rock
you find you've dug yourself a hole
and you'll be facing such a futuristic shock
when ground control slips away from you
ground control slips away
3. Into The Light
i'm lost in the half world where the heart and mind collide
on the shores of my dispassion with all feelings locked inside
who made the promise that the key of life is here
who drew the symbols for the mind that will appear
and i continue down the road i will not tread
and i will fear no evil from the words i have not said
who made the promise that the way of life is clear
who drew the symbols for the man that will appear
colder than starlight older than the sun
straight lines converging collapsing into one vast soul
a voice that has not spoken for 2000 years
a jealous benefactor and a yardstick full of fears
motivate your mystery i'm young enough to try
quantify your influence i'm old enough to die
signify your energy i'm tired of asking why
resolve your dichotomy i am both truth and lies
a merciful forgiveness a judgement absolute
a sacred separation or a prophecy of doom
no recollection (i don't recall) of what has gone before
no precognition (no sign at all) of what i have in store
motivate your mystery i'm young enough to try
quantify your influence i'm old enough to die
signify your energy i'm tired of asking why
resolve your dichotomy i am both truth and lies
too late your nemesis is coming for you
awakened from your sleep by what you must do
the mocking eyes of he who would devour your soul
staring through your thoughts and he is laughing at your goal
this way is easy it is logical and cruel
you can be powerful and make up your own rules
don't you see? it don't matter, what you believe
your whole existence is the reason for my fun
your weak resistance is an indulgence i've become
i was there at the beginning i will be there at the end
i'm your secret enemy and your fair weather friend
help yourself to all my gifts and my seductive charms
sign your name in blood give me all your love
with me or against me i still have no need of faith
ignorance is no excuse not one of you is safe
i control the selfishness that keeps you all in line
your running out of time i control your minds
don't you see? it don't matter, what you believe
motivate your mystery i'm young enough to try
quantify your influence i'm old enough to die
signify your energy i'm tired of asking why
resolve your dichotomy i am both truth and lies
4. Echoes Of Life
everything's gone out of control silently sliding away
destiny's end is calling again the future was yesterday
visions of light fade in my eyes energy falls from my hands
faint in the night echoes of life drown in the day's demands
how did i get so stranded
here i am built a house on the sand
and i know i've been slipping away too fast
slipping away
i caught a glimmer of what could be
another future a possibility
but just a blink and it was gone
and i was staring back at me
forever dreaming of what to do
never achieving i never see it through
don't want to live like yesterday
this time my dreams are coming true
the clouds are rolling by there's purpose in the sky
i'm rooted to the ground procrastinating
the sun's about to set and nothing's happened yet
don't want to close my eyes i'm tired of waiting
lost in the safety of modern times
nobody tells you to read between the lines
so you could stumble in the dark
or you could open up your eyes
the clouds are rolling by there's purpose in the sky
i'm rooted to the ground procrastinating
the sun's about to set and nothing's happened yet
don't want to close my eyes i'm tired of waiting
i'm tired of waiting
i caught a glimmer of what could be
another future a new reality
i'm going to chase it through the night
i'm going to bring it back to me
the clouds are rolling by there's purpose in the sky
i'm rooted to the ground procrastinating
the sun's about to set and nothing's happened yet
don't want to close my eyes i'm tired of waiting
i'm tired of waiting
here i am built a house on the sand
and i know i've been slipping away too fast
slipping away
visions of light fade in my eyes energy falls from my hands
faint in the night echoes of life drown in the day's demands
how can i stop them from slipping away
5. 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
6. Opium
lost in the haze so far away how can we get back home
lost in the haze so far away who's going to guide us home
i've struggled to get near it to backwards engineer it
but all i find is a smoke and mirror game
the recondite monopolise the airwaves
till all believe there is no other way
and this is how we live our lives our opium is televised
till finally they watch us fade away
our lifeless generation is going to the wall
a languid demonstration of daze before a fall
a preconceived condition imagined long ago
but will we ever know all that lies below
they'll print it on the front page to synthesise an outrage
but all we find is a decoy once again
duplicity and trickery surround us
till all believe there is no other way
and this is how we fall asleep their opium is running deep
till finally they watch us fade away
our lifeless generation is going to the wall
a languid demonstration of daze before a fall
a preconceived condition imagined long ago
but will we ever know all that lies below
waiting to play are we the pawns in this game
paving the way watching the kings make their claim
martyrs and spies although we don't realise
falling away under the watch of their eyes
this is the way we've chosen to be
this is the road that we go down
as clear as the day but still we don't see
we'll only know when it's over
lost in the haze so far away how can we get back home
lost in the haze so far away who's going to guide us home
and this is how our nation died our opium has satisfied
and finally they watch us fade away
our lifeless generation is going to the wall
a languid demonstration of daze before a fall
a preconceived condition imagined long ago
but will we ever know all that lies below
7. The Art Of Reason
can you give me a reason why you shone for a season
then you turned to deceiving (i don't believe that it's right)
you pretend you can hear us but you won't come near us
now it's all got serious (i don't believe that it's right)
we thought you'd do your best for future generations
but all you left was a mounting debt (i don't believe that it's right)
we thought your peace could flow like water through the nations
but you shut down the fountainhead (i don't believe that it's right)
can you give an account now as the truth's coming out now
it's the end of the countdown (i don't believe that it's right)
now we've lost all our patience with your forced liquidation
of our land of our nation (i don't believe that it's right)
we thought you'd right the wrongs that others brought upon us
but you sold off our right to choose (i don't believe that it's right)
we thought you'd fight for us but you just fought among us
and you sold off your servitude (i don't believe that it's right)
no more tries and no more chances
no more lies to pass as answers
no more smiles and false relations
no more world indoctrination
sorry for being angry sorry for being numb
sorry for all the dreaming i really should have done
i thought that i was blameless i thought that i was safe
i thought that a happy ending would happen anyway
i can't believe we never noticed
i can't believe it took so long
for us to turn around the future
by standing up for what we all believed in all along
it was there right before our eyes we were blind not to realise
in the rush to be globalised we signed away our freedom
we forgot how to criticise we were scared to be demonised
as the truth was neutralised we lost the art of reason
shallow the crusader and shallow their crusade
but deep the ideology that brings them into play
political correctness a foil for our minds
a false exoneration to cover up the crimes
i can't believe we never noticed
i can't believe it took so long
for us to turn around the future
by standing up for what we all believed in all along
it was there right before our eyes we were blind not to realise
in the rush to be globalised we signed away our freedom
we forgot how to criticise we were scared to be demonised
as the truth was neutralised we lost the art of reason
8. Pressure
i can't see in front of me i feel blind to my sentence
my assumed autonomy is all steeped in dependence
i'm breaking inside
i watch time delimiting but i don't see the answers
i know gain's diminishing but i'm wasting my chances
i'm breaking inside
my head's above the water but i just can't fight the tide
till the pressure subsides
all you see reflects on me
how can it be forever
all i do reflects on you
now do you feel the pressure
with all things permissible i can't stem the pollution
and no hand invisible can assure resolution
i'm breaking inside
my head cries out for stillness but i just can't find the time
till the pressure subsides
all you see reflects on me
how can it be forever
all i do reflects on you
now do you feel the pressure
all i know will come and go
you can't have it all together
all you ask will come to pass
now do you feel the pressure
i'm breaking inside
my head's above the water but i just can't fight the tide
till the pressure subsides
all you see reflects on me
how can it be forever
all i do reflects on you
now do you feel the pressure
all i know will come and go
you can't have it all together
all you ask will come to pass
now do you feel the pressure
9. Flags And Footprints
i'm looking for a reason why i see no shooting stars tonight
just a sign that everything's alright to quiet me, to quiet me
maybe all i hoped was wrong maybe all i dreamed is gone
maybe i was stupid all along for trying it, for trying it
but i believed in what you said
i trusted in your summer
now the leaves are turning red
and soon they'll all be coming down
how can i go on
if hope is what keeps me alive
and i'm so uncertain
it seems the more i look for you the more i fail to find the truth
maybe i'm affecting what i view with heavy veils and fairytales
maybe my research was sound but maybe i just fooled around
all flags and footprints but nothing further down to find you, to find you
but i believed in what you said
i trusted in your summer
now the leaves are turning red
and soon they'll all be coming down
how can i go on
if hope is what keeps me alive
and i'm so uncertain
i guess i learned the hard way or did i waste my time
i never met you half way but i crossed that line
and i believed in what you said
i trusted in your summer
now the leaves are turning red
and soon they'll all be coming down
how can i go on
if hope is what keeps me alive
maybe someday i'll know why
10. Light And Space
as you look on your surroundings from the mountain to the sea
you find everything i gave you you see everything but me
i am the storm that won't be calmed i am the calm that follows
i'm in the stars that fill your sky and when i choose
i'll be in your thoughts i'll be in your dreams
all the light you see all the air you breathe
as you look on all the hurting and the finger points at me
you see freedom in deserting and the cost of being free
i painted the heavens the sun and the moon
i know what's beyond them i know you
i know what's before you and what's going to be
but now is the moment you'll find me
and all that you ever thought will fall to the ground like snow
clearing the air you breathe whitening all you know
and all that you ever see is never the same again
your eyes will be open wide then you will understand
as your science takes you further you'll eventually concede
you can only scratch the surface i'm the one who's playing me
i am the road that won't be found i am the sign that guides you
i'm in the air that's all around and when i choose
i'll be in your thoughts i'll be in your dreams
all the light you see all the air you breathe
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