THE SONIC REVOLUTION: Power Failure - Lyrics   DEEPER Understanding blooms like dawn in you Complete with naïve apprehension Fuzzy creatures hanging in your room Don't think that I don't see them . . . I see them . . . and I believe them . . . Chorus: I'm thinking, thinking 'bout you I'm learning, I've learned that you Don't know me, but I know you Much better, better than I wanted to You don't run any deeper, Deeper than this Watching store clerks disabusing you Of your poorly thought out notions Cringing while you try to prove them true Am I stupid by association? Simplification by correlation . . .   ADDICTION It's like chalk across my nailboard A piece of hay in my needlestack The scratch that I can't itch Way down in the middle of my back It's mystery wrapped in riddles Contradictions in my mind Can you repeat the question? My answer changes every time Chorus: You think I want it I know I need it It's just a hunger I've got to feed it Sometimes I love it Right now I hate it But it's my nature And I can't change it It's like manic depression It's a feeling you can't touch Only something evil Could break a heart this much It's what gets into your blood Only to bleed you dry Gives you a glimpse of hope Only to leave you blind Chorus It's an addiction My predilection It's an addiction . . .     AFTER SILENCE How much does this child's life weigh Can I hold it in my hand Could a strong breeze blow his future away Could it, can it, yes it can What waits After Silence Who speaks after the end What lies After Silence Who hears what we have said One trip on the path he's walking One stone thrown at his feet One hand to guide, one mouth to lie and steer him wrong from right To keep him from what he can be What waits After Silence Who hears what he has said What lies After Silence Must we wait until the end to begin again Can you remember where you faltered Can you recall where you went wrong Was there a moment or a really bad day Nothing matters till it's gone Who waits After Silence (no one waiting, no one watching) Who speaks after the end What lies After Silence (nothing waiting, nothing watching) Who hears what we have said One choice on the road he's walking One detour we don't see One voice from the devil on his shoulder One push is all he needs   STEP AWAY We're nearing the end, my friend, I know I feel it coming Balanced on the edge again, you know And I think we're falling Why else would your eyes have seemed so cold If it's not what I'm thinking Wondering if I should just let go 'Cause it's not worth fighting Chorus: When there's nothing left for us to say If we can't step back, we'd better step away Remember a day not long ago When love shined brightly A pale imitation's all I know A shell of what we had Chorus: When there's nothing left for us to say When the truth becomes so hard to face When it seems like nothing's gonna change If we can't step back, we'd better step away Bridge: Can't go back to a time, when it was all new When I thought I knew you I'd say we could try, it's something that we could do Just fight our way through If I could find a way, to give a little more to you Maybe that would do But I think it's no use     ONE WORLD ONE LIFE They say, "The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it" Say 'fetch,' 'cause the bigger the bone, the more likely those fools are gonna retrieve it But I refuse to play along Teach somebody else to sing the war song Opened my eyes, got the information I'm only pissed off 'cause I'm paying attention Chorus: One world we live in Stop playing games we can't win Are you so ready for the end? One life we're given It's just so hard to live it When it seems like the living end Righteous, modern day messiah Only gonna set the world on fire A self-fulfilling prophecy is what you're living A trail of dead to tread upon is what you're givin' Open your eyes, the signs are all around us Even while the big lies try to surround us Open you mind, get the information You're not pissed off 'cause you're not paying attention Chorus One world, one life One world at a time One world, one life   CORPORATE Here at the edge, on the line, in the nick of time We've been robbed of our very last dime Dreams are cheap and they're sold quicker than our souls And the young eat the flesh of the old Chorus: I've been waiting for a lifetime I've been knocking at the door I've been standing on the doorstep Now I don't want it any more We've held on by our teeth, by our fingertips And watched as the suits stole the breath from our lips These are the times for the crimes of the centuries A wise man said: "Any death makes less of me" Chorus You're gone, but you just don't know it Hollowed, but you just don't show it Soured, but can you taste it? Time's up, and it's all been wasted 'Cause you're a pawn of the corporate machine Sold your soul to the corporate machine Kneel and pray to the corporate machine Chorus     REVELATION REVOLUTION My mind is almost numb from the lies Hope I'm not the only one to realize It's time to make a stand for our lives Sometimes it seems we're running out of time And it's too late now to rewind Are we in too deep to make the climb? Are we going under? Revelation, revolution Not without but within Only conscience creates sin It's the only solution I've been wondering how we let this be Wondering who's to blame, you or me But that only makes this a greater tragedy He forced all our heads down into the sand What an amazing sleight of hand Can we see it now? I hope we can Before we go under Revelation, revolution Not without but within Only conscience creates sin It's the only solution Revelation, revolution Look within, not without Let your heart remove the doubt It's the only solution Revolution, Revelation     THINE OWN SELF Been around the block so many times I forget where I began Changes of heart, and I changed my mind Till I forgot just who I am Chorus: I am I Once again No more lies Won't pretend I am I Once again My own life Till the end You can only run from yourself For so long before you're lost And I've been running, chasing the prize I forget the price, don't know the cost Chorus Find thine own self     SHUFFLE OFF When do we learn to procrastinate? (Why do today what we can do tomorrow?) We don't spend time with the people who rate (I'm just too tired to go there all of the time) If this is just a stop on the road to forever, If we're here and then we shuffle off, Then why do we behave like we all live forever? Why don't we say just what we mean? (My family's feuds are the stuff of legend) It's not like we get any warning (If it's my day, can I make a call?) If this is just a stop on the road to forever, If we're here and then we shuffle off, Then why do we behave like we all live forever?     FAITH Here's the way that I see it You may not believe it But take it for what it's worth I believe we can dream it I know we can be it And in the end we will make it work I believe in our spirit I believe in our fire Even when our hearts burn I believe that our better angels Will fly us to where we can learn Pre-Chorus: We have wings You and I We can fly Chorus I have faith, I believe In each and all of us I only hope that you can see I have faith In you and me, I believe And there's no greater mystery I know sometimes it may seem like I look on the dark side And see only what's gone wrong That's only when I'm angry Because I know that we Can be so much better and more I believe in transcendence When the world doesn't make sense We'll rise above after all I believe there's a better angel Inside us waiting for the call Pre-Chorus, Chorus I was not, now I am, I will not be There's no greater mystery Chorus     MENTOR Hey there, lady, can you tell me what went wrong? I thought that you might be the one That I'd been looking for all along Hey there, sister, can you tell me what went wrong? I thought that you could help me through Instead you only left me here alone You knew I'd been abandoned Yet you still abandoned me You knew I needed guidance Yet you did no more than blind me Hey there, mother, can you tell me what went wrong? Did I get too close, threaten your role? Are there some things I'm not allowed to know? Hey there, dancer, can you dance to my song? Can you close your eyes and turn your head Until the memory of me is gone You held the upper hand And only pushed me far away You taught me how to stand And then you shackled both my legs Can you tell me why? You couldn't spare more time 'Cause I still can't see Why you turned and locked your doors on me Shadowed lady, I think you knew me But I never knew you Because you hid behind a mask And gave me only what I didn't ask of you Shadowed woman, you need to hear this It's my only wish For you to know that I've arrived without you For you to see that I survived without you Found a way to live this life without you Found a way to rise above without you Hey there, teacher, do you think I'm angry? Well, I'm only using what little you taught Had to do a lot of learning all on my own now And I've learned to pour it out upon the page Purge my anger over you across the stage Hey there, Ms. Mentor, how do you like it? What you created, with nothing more than some neglect Have I passed your final test? If I fail, it's only 'cause you gave me so much less Than you knew I would need Yes, it seems I still need you . . .