Queensrÿche Album

In the dead of night
She'll come and take you away
Searing beams of light and thunder
Over blackened plains
She will find her way

Flying high through the night
She will hide your fate
As she takes your soul from under
And the blinding light of the castle fades

There is no escape
It's the ending of your precious life

Your soul slipped away
It belongs to the Queen of the Reich
The Queen of the Reich
Yeah she's coming for you

You're fading away
Your life cast astray
A victim the beast shall obtain

The light will not shine
For you'll die tonight at her shrine
And black is the last thing you'll see

Over and over
Dreams of dying fill your head
It's the sign of the cross
That you'll find ahead

No one will answer
The light is fading away
Captive souls are screaming out in pain

There is no escape
It's the ending of your precious life

Your soul slipped away
It belongs to the Queen of the Reich
You're fading away, No, No, No
The Queen of the Reich
You're slipping away, yeah
The Queen of the Reich

On a lonely walk this morning
A light mist in the air
Dark clouds laughing at me in silence
Casting shadows through my hair

In the distance I saw a woman
Dressed in black with eyes of grey
She wore her pain like a shackled spirit
Eternal life was her debt to pay

The lady wore black
It's the sign of the prisoners lives
The lady wore black
See the years through the tears in her eyes
The lady wore black
Her mystic power calls to me
The lady wore black
Her love can set me free

The wind song whispered a warning
Telling me to beware
Of the quiet shadowed woman
And of the sadness I would share

We sat for sometime together in silence
Never speaking in words
Of all her thoughts she spoke with her eyes
And I listened remembering all I heard

The lady wore black
It's the sign of the prisoners lives
The lady wore black
See the years through the tears in her eyes
The lady wore black
Her mystic power calls to me
The lady wore black
Her love can set me free

The words she spoke were of forgotten lives
And of all knowledge gained
Mem'ries I had and didn't know why
With a smile she explained
I should have listened to the wind's cold warning
And walked the other way
I touched her soul and now I bear her sentence
But for her love I'll gladly pay

The lady wore black
It's the sign of the prisoners lives
The lady wore black
See the years through the tears in her eyes
The lady wore black
Her mystic power calls to me
The lady wore black
Her love can set me free

I remember I was asking why
And someday you said I'd know
All these years, of fighting hard
And now it's finally come too close

I can't believe it's now happening to me
Oh, couldn't it wait a few hundred years
Destiny can't rest you see, now it's time
Time to cry your tears! Now cry!

The child of centuries, forgotten in time
You talk in circles of rhyme
Seer of places future and past
The warning you gave us is surely our last

Warning!

Behold the child, his pointing hand
Is raised in solemn grace
His eyes once wide with learning wonder
Now leave stains upon his face

Now see the hands of the working man
He's leaning back against the wall
Once busy hands are idle now
Standing ready for the fall! Our fall!

The signs will come as days past by
For those that claim to see
The blind will stay not choosing to die
Not believing the visions I've seen

Warning!

We see the light of those who find a world has passed them by
Too late to save a dream that's growing cold
We realize that fate must hide its face from those who try
To see the distant signs of unforetold

Oh oh oh oh, take hold, oh....

From a haze came a rage of thunder
Distant signs of darkness on the way
Fading cries scream of pain and hunger
But in the night the light will guide your way

So take hold of the flame (take hold)
Don't you see life's a game (take hold)
So take hold of the flame (take hold)
You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain

(Ride) to a place beyond our time
(Reach) for the edges of your mind, and you are there
(See) that the light will find its way
(Back) to a place where it will stay, make it stay

Throw down the chains of oppression that bind you
With the air of freedom the flame grows bright
We are the strong, the youth united
We are one, we are children of the light

So take hold of the flame (take hold)
Don't you see life's a game (take hold)
So take hold of the flame (take hold)
You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain (take hold)

(Take hold
Take hold
Take hold
Take hold)

What? You say...

You're through with me, I'm not through with you
We've had what others might call love
You say it's over now, what's done, what's through?
You can't stay away, you need me, I need you

When the fire starts the pain's too much for your mind
You need attention, what's good is only mine
I can cure the hunger that burns in your heart
So just come to me, I'll take you home

We'll walk in the shadows
By day we'll live in a dream (walk with me)
We'll walk in the shadows

You say you don't feel safe alone tonight
Cause you feel the pressure building in your head
Our secret's safe for one more night
But when the morning comes remember, I'll be with you

We'll walk in the shadows
By day we'll live in a dream (walk with me)
We'll walk in the shadows
One day you'll be with me, if only you believe

We'll walk in the shadows
By day we'll live in a dream (walk with me)
We'll walk in the shadows
You got to stay with me (walk with me)

Walk in the shadows (walk with me)
Walk in the shadows (walk with me)
Walk in the shadows (walk with me)
Walk in the shadows (walk with me)
Walk in the shadows (walk with me)
(Walk with me...)

As you awoke this morning
and opened up your eyes
Did you notice the tear-stains
lining your face were mine

Don't you wonder, can't you see
what's happening to our lives
I can't keep living this masquerade
When my lonely eyes see only your face at night

I only see in infrared
I can't dream anymore
Can't you see I need, too
I can't stand the pain

You've gathered all my secrets
and I don't know who I am
I even feel alone when you're near
'cause you'll never understand

When we first met I must have seemed
a million miles away
It's strange how our lives have touched
But the time is right
I'll leave tonight
Don't look in my eyes
'Cause you've never seen them so black

I only see in infrared
I can't dream anymore
Can't you see I need to
I can't stand the pain

I awoke on impact
under surveillance from the camera eye,
searching high and low

the criminal mind found at the scene of the crime,
handcuffed and blind, I didn't do it.

She said she loved me,
I guess I never knew
but do we ever, ever really know?
she said she'd meet me on the other side,
but I knew right then, I'd never find her.

I don't believe in love
I never have, I never will
I don't believe in love.
it's never worth the pain you feel

no more nightmares, I've seen them all
from the day I was born, they've haunted my every move
every open hand's there to push and shove
no time for love. it doesn't matter.

she made a difference,
I guess she had a way,
of making every night seem bright as day.
now I walk in shadows, never see the light,
she must have lied 'cause she never said goodbye

I don't believe in love.
I need to forget her face, I see it still
I don't believe in love
it's never worth the pain that you feel.

no chance for contact,
there's no raison d'etre
my only hope is one day I'll forget,
the pain of knowing what can never be
with or without love it's all the same to me.

I don't believe in love.
I never have, I never will
I don't believe in love.
I'll just pretend she never was real.
I don't believe in love
I never have, I never will
I don't believe in love.
it's never worth the pain that you feel

All alone now, except for the memories
Of what we had and what we knew
Everytime I try to leave it behind me
I see something that reminds me of you

Every night the dreams return to haunt me
Your rosary wrapped around your throat
I lie awake and sweat, afraid to fall asleep
I see your face looking back at me, looking back at me...

And I raise my head and stare into the eyes of a stranger
I've always known that the mirror never lies
People always turn away from the eyes of a stranger
Afraid to know what lies behind the stare

Is this all that's left of my life before me
Straight jacket memories, sedative highs
No happy ending like they've always promised
There's got to be something left for me

And I raise my head and stare into the eyes of a stranger
I've always known that the mirror never lies
People always turn away from the eyes of a stranger
Afraid to know what lies behind the stare (lies behind my stare)

How many times must I live this tragedy?
How many more lies will they tell me?
All I want is the same as everyone
Why am I here, and for how long?

And I raise my head and stare into the eyes of a stranger
I've always known that the mirror never lies
People always turn away from the eyes of a stranger
Afraid to know what lies behind the stare

I remember now!

Every time I leave
you say you won't be there.

And you're always there.

Every time I cry your name at night,
you pull close and say it's alright.

I look in your eyes, just like the rain.
Washing me, rain wash over me.

Touching your face, I feel the heat of your heartbeat
echo in my head like a scream.
What you do to me!

Waited so long I can't wait another day without you.
Jet City Woman.
Its a long way, home to my
Jet City Woman.
I see her face everywhere, can't get her out of my mind.

Whenever I'm alone I'm thinking,
there's a part missing from my life.
Wonder where I'd be without your love
holding me together now I'm
watching the time tick, tick away.
Face grows longer every day.
Fortunes are lost on the women I've seen
but without you I can't breathe.

You're the air to me!

Waited so long, I'm all alone thinking about you.
Jet City Woman.
Got to find my way home to her.
Jet City Woman.
I see her face everywhere I look!
Jet City Woman.
Just a thousand milles and I'll be there
Jet City Woman, to make the clouds go away.
Time for some blue sky!

Waited so long now the plane's delayed
an hour, reminds me of all our days apart.
Hold on, just a little longer.
Jet City Woman.
Wonder where I'd be, you're the air to me.
Jet City Woman.
Eyes like the rain, rain down on me
Jet City, Woman.
No more nights alone
I'm almost home now.
Jet City Woman.
Close my eyes, I'm there in my Jet City.

Next message saved, Saturday at 9:24 p.m.
Sorry, I'm just..... it's starting to hit me like a ummmm, ummmm... a 2 ton heavy thing.

Last night the word came down
Ten dead in Chinatown
Innocent, their only crime was being in the wrong place at the wrong time
Too bad, people say
What's wrong with the kids today?
I tell you right now they've got nothing to lose. They're building EMPIRE!

Johnny used to work after school
At the cinema show
Gotta hustle if he wants an education, he's got a long way to go
Now he's out on the street all day
selling Crack to the people who pay
Got an AK-47 for his best friend, business the American way.

Eastside meets Westside downtown
No time, the walls fall down

Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can't you hear it calling?

Black man trapped again
Holds his chains in his hand
Brother killing brother for the profit of another, game point, nobody wins
Decline, right on time
What happened to the dream sublime?
Tear it all down we'll put it up again. Another EMPIRE?

Eastside meets Westside downtown
No time, (no time) the walls fall down

Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can't you hear it calling? EMPIRE!
Can't someone here stop it... ?

In the fiscal year 1986 to 87. Local state and federal governments
Spent up to a combined total of 60.6 million dollars on law enforcement.
Federal law enforcement expenditures ranked last in absolute dollars,
And accounted for only 6% of all federal spending.

By way of comparison, the federal government spent 24 million more on space exploration,
And 43 times more on national defense and international relations than on law enforcement.

Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can't you hear it calling? EMPIRE!
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can't you hear it calling? EMPIRE!
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can't you hear it calling? EMPIRE!
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can someone hear us coming? EMPIRE!

Hush now, don't you cry,
Wipe away the teardrop from your eye.
You're lying safe in bed,
It was all a bad dream spinning in your head.

Your mind tricked you to feel the pain,
Of someone close to you leaving the game (of life).
So here it is, another chance, wide awake you face the day.
The dream is over, or has it just begun....?

There's a place I like to hide,
A doorway that I run through in the night
Relax child, you were there
But only didn't realize, and you were scared.
It's a place where you will learn
To face your fears
Retrace the years
And ride the whims of your mind.

Commanding in another world
Suddenly you hear and see this magic new dimension
I........will be watching over you
I........am gonna help to see you through
I........will protect you in the night
I........am smiling next to you
In silent lucidity

Visualise your dream,
Record it in the present tense,
Put it into a permanent form,
If you persist in all efforts,
You can achieve dream control...
...dream control...
...dream control...

::whispered:: (help me)

If you open your mind for me
You won't rely on open eyes to see.
The walls you built within
Come tumbling down; a new world will begin.
Living twice at once you learn
You're safe from pain in the dream domain
A soul set free to fly.

A round trip journey in your head
Master of illusion, can you realize your dream's alive
You can be the guide, but...
I........will be watching over you
I........am gonna help to see you through
I........will protect you in the night
I........am smiling next to you

Beating with life you promised like, security,happiness.
Unfortunate son cornered, cowering in the pit of circling panes of glass that
surround and reveal the ever present "it."

"It" is my move, my every look,
interpreting gestures,
informing others
what's undercover and lurking beneath my mask
of this year's featured model.
Is this too much?
Close your eyes.
Care to look inside? I AM I!

What may appear
might easily be explained,
but given the situation
of info saturation,
what you feel can never go away.

Steering perception? I AM I!
Inviting contradiction? I AM I!
It's my insistence
you keep your distance
from the glare behind my stare.
So this is the way
the game is played.
You can leave now,..
but I think you'll stay. I AM I!

You called me up on the phone today
Struggling with the right words to say
Time can change a thing or two
Time has changed the lives of me and you
But you know... it could have been different, dad

The word brings back a sweet memory
I'm sitting on a bluff on a broken tree
By my side a distinguished man
Giving me encouragement, telling me I can
And you know... you're not there

You say, "Son, let's forget the past,
I want another chance, gonna make it last."
You're begging me for a brand new start
Trying to mend a bridge that's been blown apart
But you know... you never built it, dad

And so I sit here through the night
And I write myself to sleep
And time keeps ticking...

Time has made you finally realize
Your loneliness and your guilt inside
You're reaching for something you never had
Turning around now you're looking back
And you know... I'm not there

You say, "Son, let's forget the past,
I want another chance, gonna make it last."
You're begging me for a brand new start
Trying to mend a bridge that's been blown apart
But you know... you never built it, dad

You never built it, dad
You never built it, dad
You never built it, dad
You never built it, dad

Heading for the classroom yesterday
The kids file through the metal machine, it finds what they may hide
No it just ain't right

A sign of the times

Another church is burning to the ground...
Looking for the vandals and they're nowhere to be found
But the hate's alive

A sign of the times, sign of the times
A sign of the times, sign of the times

Would someone please let me know, how we have spun out of control?
Has the captain let go of the wheel?
Or could we please try to find a way to be a bit more kind?
I see the road to tomorrow in the haze

On the Senate floor they congregate
Many pockets lined with green from those behind the scenes
Yeah, they take the bribe (it's on the side)

A sign of the times, sign of the times
A sign of the times, sign of the times

Would someone please let me know, how we have spun out of control?
Has the captain let go of the wheel?
Or could we please try to find a way to be a bit more kind?
I see the road...

Shakin’ time, she needs
Taking rides...to somewhere
Let’s lose our minds, no hurry
I’m the wakeful night, with dreams...or something

Chasing blue sky,
We’re chasing blue sky

Taking time from all this worry
Mesmerized by the waves of your smile
I wish that I could say something
But you’re the rose colored glass I see through
I’ll see you through

Chasing blue sky, We’re chasing blue sky
Chasing blue sky, We’re chasing blue sky

Chasing blue sky, We’re chasing blue sky
Chasing blue sky, We’re chasing blue sky

When I fell from grace
I never realized
how deep the flood was around me.
A man whose life was toil
was like a kettle left to boil,
and the water left scars on me.

I know now who I am.
If only for a while,
I recognize the changes.
I feel like I did before the
magic wore thin and the "baptism
of stains" began.

They used to say I was
nowhere, man,
heading down
was my destiny.
But yesterday, I swear,
that was someone else not me.

Here I stand at the crossroads edge,
afraid to reach out for eternity,
One step, when I look down,
I see someone else not me.

Looking back and I see
someone else.

All my life they said I
was going down,
but I'm still standing,
stronger, proud.
And today I know there's
so much more I can be.

From where I stand at the crossroads edge,
there's a path leading out to sea.
And from somewhere
deep in my mind,
sirens sing out loud
songs of doubt
as only they know how.
But one glance back reminds, and I see,
someone else not me.

I keep looking back
at someone else... me?