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BRUCE DICKINSON LYRICS
"Tears Of The Dragon" (1994 Single)
1. Tears Of The Dragon
2. The Breeding House
3. No Way Out...To Be Continued
1. Tears Of The Dragon
For too long now
There were secrets in my mind
For too long now
There were things I should have said
In the darkness
I was stumbling for the door
To find a reason
To find the time, the place, the hour
Waiting for the winter sun
And the cold light of day
The misty ghost of childhood fears
The pressure is building
And I can't stay away
I throw myself into the sea
Release the wave
Let it wash over me
To face the fear
I once believed
The tears of the dragon
For you and for me
Where I was
I had wings that couldn't fly
Where I was
I had tears I couldn't cry
My emotions
Frozen in an icy lake
I couldn't feel them
Until the ice began to break
I have no power over this
You know I'm afraid
The walls I built are crumbling
The water is moving
I'm slipping away
I throw myself into the sea
Release the wave
Let it wash over me
To face the fear
I once believed
The tears of the dragon
For you and for me
Slowly I awake
Slowly I rise
The walls I built are crumbling
The water is moving
I'm slipping away
I throw myself into the sea
Release the wave
Let it wash over me
To face the fear
I once believed
The tears of the dragon
For you and for me
2. The Breeding House
The breeding house stood at 731, he was just a working man
And he worked with his hands and prisoners
He set a judgement on his fellow man
Secret science was his game, justified by war
His spawn lay in the freezer
The killers that bore his name
CHORUS:
The breeding house, you were there
And the sins of your fathers, In the breeding house
The breeding house, 731
And the sins of your fathers are the sins of your sons
Maybe within childhood he pulled off spiders legs
Now he's a big boy playing with big boys toys
Playing games he won't forget
A contract for some research, a paycheque in the mail
A secret that defended by the ones that should have ended it
STICK:
Angels of death in a white coat so serene
There's thousand ways of dying, so obscene, so obscene
And Washington was blaffened about knickers and G-strings
And men were busy hiding evil things, evil things
REPEAT CHORUS
SOLO
Come to see the carnival, come to witness fear
Come to see deformity, human life is here
A double-blind experiment on who's the last to die
A fifty year conspiracy of murders and of lies
REPEAT STICK
REPEAT CHORUS
3. No Way Out...To Be Continued
Welcome to the world, young man
Welcome to the world that I have planned for you
It's all come true
Welcome to the city's gates,
camps of concentration for the poor
But not at my door
Welcome to the searchlights and the TV eyes
Watching you, watching me
Welcome to you new apartment, welcome to your block of fear
You're welcome here
Go away!
Locked inside a concrete cage with those cameras for my eyes
Outside are the population, the corpses and the flies
Got to keep my carpets clean,
you know there's mites and rats and mites and
things living in a shagpile
Fear of death is my recipe for life and I'm
locked in and I like it that way
CHORUS:
I see no way out of here
There is no way out of here
I see no way out of here
Here I sit at my windowbox, I put flowers on the rocks for you
I don't put water on the cracks
because you know what cracks can do
Gotta keep myself secure, you know there's
emotions feelings, killer bugs live in a shagpile
Fear of death is the guarantee of safety and I'm
locked in and I like it that way
REPEAT CHORUS
No way out!
Flowers in the window box is blooming
I pour water on the rocks so they won't die
The pattern on the carpet shows I'm human
I don't step on the foolish cracks, so I won't fry
The sky is blue, the weather seems appealing
I lay my hand upon the armoured glass
No more blood, I think my wound is healing
Should I open it up, give it a try?
SOLO
Welcome to the world, young man
Welcome to the world that I have planned for you
It's all come true
Welcome to the city's gates,
camps of concentration for the poor
But not at your door
Welcome to the searchlights and the TV-eyes
Watching me, watching you, watching me
REPEAT CHORUS( x some more)
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