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YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN LYRICS
"Fire & Ice" (1992)
1. Perpetual (instrumental)
2. Dragonfly
3. Teaser
4. How Many Miles to Babylon
5. Cry No More
6. No Mercy
7. C'est la Vie
8. Leviathan (instrumental)
9. Fire and Ice
10. Forever Is a Long Time
11. I'm My Own Enemy
12. All I Want Is Everything
13. Golden Dawn (instrumental)
14. Final Curtain
15. Broken Glass (bonus track)
1. Perpetual (instrumental)
2. Dragonfly
I'd rather live than just imagine
Don't think there is a way around
And if I fail, I'll still be standing
With my feet firmly on the ground.
Through my window from the sky
Flows a lullaby
Someone's waiting in my dream
Taking me to places I've never seen.
Chorus:
If I had some wings then I could fly
In my dreams I am the Dragonfly.
I guess I always will be searching
I live and learn from my mistakes
And all the love that I'm expecting
Is equal to the love I make.
Little dreamer when evening falls
Shadows fall
Bring some honey for my soul
Take me to the places I've never seen.
Chorus:
If I had some wings then I could fly
In my dreams I am the Dragonfly.
3. Teaser
Getting dressed for the masquerade
To be the main attraction
MIght become someone someday
With the right connection.
You might find the night so lonely
But you're not the only one
I just wanna go with ecstasy
To the river of love I run.
Chorus:
Teaser, you set my heart on fire
Teaser, put out the flames of my desire.
If you let me stay inside
I give satisfaction
In the night we might lose our way
In the tunnel of love I ride.
Chorus:
Teaser, you set my heart on fire
Teaser, put out the flames of my desire.
Bridge:
Ohh, I guess we all need someone...
Repeat Chorus.
4. How Many Miles to Babylon
In this wasteland without any shadows
There is no water for my dusty throat
There is no rainbow, days filled with silent sorrow
And for our sins there are no antidotes.
Chorus:
Eternal sand
There is no end to this no man's land
We all must pay
For the piper we dance while he plays.
How many miles to Babylon
How many years must I carry on?
In this our endless searching for the Holy Grail
There is no sleep for the souls who find no rest
Ships of the desert without rigs or sails
Flotsam and jetsam floating from the west.
Repeat Chorus.
5. Cry No More
There's a time for all our innocence
When the tears aren't far away
And a time to build a strong defense
When the boy's too old to play.
And we learn the hard way, day by day
Giving in but always coming back for more
And we cry no more ... cry no more.
There's a time for games and visions
And the stake is more or less
There's a time for fast decisions
When our dreams become success.
We do anything to raise that score
'Cause the end will always justify the means
And we cry no more ... cry no more.
Our years in misery
Made dreams reality
Ohh, And we cry no more ... cry no more.
6. No Mercy
You say you're always right and I am Wrong
You tell me I am weak and you are strong
Always tried so hard
Now you've gone too far
I'll give you all or nothing now to play my cards.
You pretend it's for fun
In the end when it's done
You might say it's a game
But I will show no mercy.
You talk so much but you don't have a clue
You lie so much you event think it's true
Now I'm in the lead
Want to see you bleed
Say goodbye, I am forever in control.
You must learn oh so well
You shall burn in my hell
You might say it's a game
I will show no mercy.
And now it's said and done, it's all completed
You think you've won, you know you are defeated
Now it's all so clear
I'm your greatest fear
You have lived a lie, be prepared to die.
You must learn oh so well
You shall burn in my hell
You might say it's a game
I will show no mercy.
7. C'est la Vie
Fighting the odds while we still have time
There is a limit, don't cross that line
It's no good with water we cannot drink
We're a ship about to sink.
Chorus:
We pray but the wall is just too high
We pay with our lives to the dark tower in the sky.
C'est la vie, life in the shadows
C'est la vie, there's no tomorrow.
Give us back the blue, blue sky
Where the air is so fresh,where eagles fly
What good is a planet that's slowly dying
What kind of life can it bring?
Chorus:
We pray but the wall is just too high
We pay with our lives to the dark tower in the sky.
C'est la vie, life in the shadows
C'est la vie, there's no tomorrow.
8. Leviathan (instrumental)
9. Fire and Ice
Every day is like a set up race
And the world is still a lonely place.
To be or not to be
Is this the final quiz?
A flash in the pan goodbye
Still shooting for the open sky.
Chorus:
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
I cannot find a compromise.
It's all just treason
They bring me down with their lies
Don't know the reason
My life is fire and ice.
Tomorrow will be different
All you need is just some confidence
I dream of being a warrior
So far beyond.
There's a voice that whispers I can fail
I believe it's just a trick of the tail.
Chorus:
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
There is no way, no compromise
It's all just treason
They bring me down with their lies
Don't know the reason
My life is fire and ice.
10. Forever Is a Long Time
Today I read in a book that some are meant to live forever
There's also a nightmare where our dying has no end
If I let my will surrender
And my flesh be crucified
In his name my sins will be sublime.
Chorus:
Forever is a long, long time.
It's said love is a gift that's given if we're true believers
Just make your body and your soul his receivers
In this world those golden rules
May seem like they're made for fools
Puppets on a string that blessing can bring.
Chorus:
Forever is a long, long time.
But now the wine has turned sour after all these years of fighting
So many wars but still his kingdom is not striking
Pray for your enemy
And love without agony
Always ready for his day to come.
Chorus:
Forever is a long, long time.
11. I'm My Own Enemy
From now on I'm dancing with myself
To the sound of a blue and broken string
Left behind with the dust upon a shelf
The remains of a long forgotten song.
All that we had, but now again
I stand alone, all love has an end.
Chorus:
You cannot see this is my destiny
I'm my own enemy
In my life there was no-one like you.
You cannot see this is my reality
I'm my own enemy
In my life there was no-one like you.
From now on I'm sleeping with my shadow
In the night my thought can be my own
All the pain and all this endless sorrow
I miss you more than you will ever know
Holding you never again
It cannot be, all love has an end.
Repeat Chorus.
Now I know there is no-one that is waiting
At the end of that long and winding road
Memories in the dead of night are calling
All the way I carry on my heavy load.
All that we had, but now again
I stand alone, all love had an end.
Repeat Chorus.
12. All I Want Is Everything
Before my eyes the world is falling
But through all lies
I feel my calling.
They always said that I can't do it
But even so I walked right through it.
Why can't you see
The way that it must be
You think you're so strong
You know that you are wrong.
Chorus:
Come on woman
Just gimme a touch
You gotta know I'm not asking too much
Once a king always a king
All I want is everything.
You always thought that you were so cool
You used to say that I was a fool
And all this time you were just a tool
You couldn't see that I made the rules
I have to feel
I know this is for real
I gotta live
I want all you can give.
Repeat Chorus.
13. Golden Dawn (instrumental)
14. Final Curtain
What's left for me to see
In my ship I sailed so far
What can the answer be
Don't know what the questions are.
And after all I've done
Still I cannot feel the sun
Tell me, save me
In the end our lost souls must repent.
Chorus:
I must know it is for certain
Can it be the final curtain
As long as the wind will blow
I'll be searching high and low.
Who knows what's really true
They say the end is so near
Why are we all so cruel
We just fill ourselves with fear.
And heaven and hell will turn
All that we love shall burn
Hear me, trust me
In the end our lost souls must repent.
Repeat Chorus.
15. Broken Glass (bonus track)
I paid the piper with my song
For all the times I've done you wrong
I watched the devil get his due
And I knew that was for you
It breaks my heart
Our time has passed by telling lies
I fall apart
Like broken glass on shattered ice
We gave up our love within
To keep ourselves from giving in
I know my world will always turn
When you burn, you'll live and learn
Like an intruder in your arms
I never meant to do you harm
I know my song, it will remain
All the same, I feel the pain
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