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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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