Jon Oliva's Pain Album

The smoke from my last cigarette
Disappears into the lights
Waiting on something to make this feeling right
I twist and moan, and turn the other cheek
I wait for my moment to be free
Im not alone
Im not alone

The night is black it twists and turns
Inside its agony
It waits for you, it waits for me, in all its majesty
I can feel it, I can hear it, I can see it
Slowly coming closer to me now
Its breathing, heart is beating, thoughts misleading
Reality has somehow broken down
Slowly slips away, slips into the grave
I dont think Ill ever, ever, ever get away
Somehow save our souls, as the darkness calls,
From beyond these walls
I feel somethings going wrong

The dark descends upon this
World of anger, hate and greed
Surrounding you, engulfing me
Now all that we can see
Lying, cheating, children bleeding


Mothers pleading
Will you stop it, will you stop it now
Can you feel it, do you hear it
Its so near, its coming closer, coming closer now

Tell me what you see
Tell me what you know
Tell me can we ever really ever get away
Try to save our souls as the dark unfolds
All thats still untold
I feel somethings going wrong

And as the dark begins to die into another day
And fate is testing once again all we can do is pray
To sweet Jesus, will you lead us, do you hear us
Calling to you, calling to you now
Were praying, contemplating, situations
That can fall before us even know

Tell us what you need, tell us what you want
As the hands of time have all but exited the play
Tell us whats in store, fall all that stand before
As the dark unfolds
I feel somethings going wrong

I told you about the sirensAnd the hunger for fleshI showed you the dungeonsBeneath the citys unrestFeel the power of the nightMake the legions strongAnd by the grace of the witchI bring to you this songhear the people say
Hear the people say hear the people sayHear the people say, just gimme some hell
We enter the halls of the mountain kingBeyond the doors of the darkFlying on strange wingsFrom the streets to the gutterIn a summers rainDo you hear the hounds they callAnd tonight he grins again hear the people say

Hear the people say hear the people sayHear the people say, just gimme some hell
Somewhere in time I believeVisions off in a dreamStart as nothing turn to something
Look to the morning sunThrough the hourglassOne child turns to meAnd saysTake a chance
Hear the people say hear the people sayHear the people say, just gimme some hell
Somewhere in time I believeVisions off in a dreamStart as nothing turn to something

The silent night begins to call
He listens for the voices from the crumbling walls
And through the mist beneath the sky
He watches as the seconds of your life go by

I see sorrows, laughter, fear from the other side
Rainbows blackened, innocence fractured
And left to die
And if I could change the world
Id stop just watching
Time, as she unfurls
All the lives still searching

Searching for the light of day
He always sees the dark this way
He sits here helplessly watching time
Its beginning to fade
See its not in his control
All the lives bought and sold
Nothing there to grasp or hold


Watching your soul fly away
Fly away

Ive seen chapters, world disasters
Nearing genocide
Schizophrenia, megalomania
Mass suicide
And if I could change the world
Id stop just watching
Time, as she unfurls
All the lives still searching

Searching for the light of day
He always sees the dark this way
He sits here helplessly watching time
Its beginning to fade
See its not in his control
All the lives bought and sold
He sits there helplessly watching time
Its beginning to fade

Bridges burn, the lessons learned
Often slip the mind
Complicate the life we live
With answers we cant find
And its true, yeah

And all that we plan everyday
And all that we have is slipping away

Set apart a timeless flight
In search of destiny
Visions twisting through the night
Are shadows we now see
And its true, yeah


And all that we plan everyday
And all that we have is slipping away

Chase our dreams endlessly
To see what we can find
With everyday a part of us
Is left to ponder time
And its true, yeah

And all that we plan everyday
And all that we have is slipping away

How can you walk alone child
How can you walk alone
How can you walk alone child
How can you walk alone
Everytime I look into your eyes
I feel the pain inside
How can you walk alone child
How can you walk alone

I feel it, I feel it, down inside yes
I see it, I see it all the time yes
Im bleeding, Im bleeding from inside
Can Christ see it
Someone heal me
Before my times up

Why cant I sleep at night dear
Why cant I sleep at night
Why cant I sleep at night dear
Why cant I sleep at night
Everytime I try to close my eyes


The nightmares arrive
Why cant I sleep at night dear
I just cant sleep at night

I feel it, I feel it, down inside yes
I see it, I see it all the time yes
Im bleeding, Im bleeding from inside
Can Christ see it
Someone heal me
Before my times up

Im telling you, better listen to me
This is what its gonna take for your soul to be free
If you feel like pushing to the edge
Better take a step back, find a friend
Or something you can hold on to
Thatll make you feel better, thatll make you cool
And if you got one, give it to me so
I can finally be set free

How do you walk alone child

Thoughts once flourished, now twisting, curving
Around his head, all his nerves are burning
Tormented spirits with angry demons
They dance through his mind
With no apparent reason

Something inside the mind is twisting
Slightly deranged, theres something missing
Something inside the mind is twisting
Slightly deranged, theres something missing
Lost in confusion, there is no solution
For his life of crime

Walks the night with the neon children
His strange delights, theyve all been written
Controls the cities of desire, now touch him
Feel him, hes hell on fire

Something inside the mind is twisting
Slightly deranged, theres something missing


Something inside the mind is twisting
Slightly deranged, theres something missing
Lost in confusion, there is no solution
For his life of crime

Moving faster, towards disaster, lets his life go
Beyond distinction, the only kingpin
Hes running the show

He cheats and steals and he lies with reason
Your precious life is his open season
Hes the ruler of the twisted
Like sheep they follow, theres no resisting

Something inside the mind is twisting
Slightly deranged, theres something missing
Something inside the mind is twisting
Slightly deranged, theres something missing
Lost in confusion, there is no solution
For his life of crime

Lets go into the darkness surrounding you
Mind goes, its the first step to breaking you

Chase the wind as you twist and spin and you
Wanna hide, wanna die
To everything that they did or bring, and you
Wanna hide, wanna die

I know its too late to save your soul
Mind games, they cut you like the bitter cold

Sucks you into this life of sin and you
Wanna hide, wanna die
No escape from this world you made and you


Wanna hide, wanna die

All emotions now turning to stone
Icy fingers gripping your soul
No escape from the fears that youve shown
Its all you have in this world of your own

Dont wait, you must discard whats poisoned you
Its okay, I know one day well find the truth

Chase the wind as you twist and spin and you
Wanna hide, wanna die
No escape from the dreams youve made and you
Wanna hide, wanna die

Oh, our world how its changed
Nothings the same, I dont think it could ever be

Life, life rearranged
Body insane, what the hell do you want from me

With every second surrounding you
You just cant think when youre scared
And is the end really approaching you
Why cant we run away to another time
Another place where your soul is safe

Complications in your life
They say only the strong survive
Revolution coast to coast
Father, Son, Holy Ghost

Watch, watch the deranged
It rattles my brain, I just cannot comprehend

Things, things that I see on my TV
When will all this madness end


When every waking hour is engulfing you
Its just so hard to think when youre scared
And is the end really approaching you
Why cant we fly away to another time
Another place where your soul is safe

Complications in your life
They say only the strong survive
Revolution coast to coast
Father, Son, Holy Ghost

With every second surrounding you
Its just so hard to think when youre scared
And is the end really approaching you
Why cant we dream away to another time
Another place where your soul is safe

Complications in your life
They say only the strong survive
Revolution coast to coast
Father, Son, Holy Ghost

I can only stare and wonderDreams and visionsThat I ponder, so clearly nowThere before me, figure in darknessRage and anger, cold and heartlessHe wants to take me back somehow
I cant take it no moreTempting fate, my soul awaits its crucifixionI cant take it no moreThe influence imprisons meWith its intrigue, as you can seeA punishment I live out all the time

Something inside me wants to break outLies with conviction, leaving no doubtHes waiting thereLooks for weakness, tries to persuade meHis certain ending is all that I seeHe wants to take me back somehow
I cant take it no moreTempting fate, my soul awaits its crucifixionI cant take it no moreThe influence imprisons meWith its intrigue, as you can seeA punishment I live out all the time

How do you feel about life
Are you tired of trying
How do you feel about gods
Do you think they were lying
How do you feel about peace
And the wars we keep fighting
In a world divided

They know something we dont know
Not much time here left to go
Nowhere to run, nowhere to run
They just keep denying
We know theyre all lying
Soon it will show, soon it will show

How do you feel about war
And the thousands left dying
Can you see through their eyes
Politicians conniving


Terrorism, disease and the suicide bombings
No ones disarming

They know something we dont know
Not much time here left to go
Nowhere to run, nowhere to run
They just keep denying
We know theyre all lying
Soon it will show, soon it will show

Whats left for me to say
We are all headed for judgement day

They know something we dont know
Not much time here left to go
Nowhere to run, nowhere to run
They just keep denying
We know theyre all lying
Soon it will show, soon it will show

You cannot run or hideFrom the pain that lives insideTaking everything you ownAs we speak its taking your soulIt will never waitIt anticipatesEvery move you makeSends you out of control
NowThe rage inside, you can feel it growThe knife in your heart, it begins to showYou run and you run but cant get awayFrom the agony of the pain

You cannot stop it nowEvery nerve in your body growlsMind craves spirit unrestHeres to the curse that now lay at rest
It will never waitIt anticipatesEvery move you makeSends you out of control
NowThe rage inside, you can feel it growA knife in the heart, it begins to showI run and I run but cant get awayFrom the agony of the pain

As I walk in the shadows of darkness
Without a place to hide
You know I cant help but look over my shoulder
Im waiting for the knife to arrive

And I know I might seem a little bit paranoid
You know, its just my way
Sometimes I get the feeling Im on borrowed time
Anyway, thats what most of us say

Somethings taking over me
I dont know just what could it be
Feels strange, like a kind of glow
What it is I dont want to know

And in another life I swear Ive heard it all before
And in the dead of night
It sits just outside the door

I believe that tonight Ill be wasted


Cant stop me when Im out on the town

You know, I wake dreaming about tomorrow
And what it may all bring to light
You know, I believe all men were created equal
Red, yellow, black or white

Somethings taking over me
I dont know just what could it be
Feels strange, like a kind of glow
What it is I dont want to know

And in another life I swear Ive heard it all before
And in the dead of night
It sits just outside the door

I believe that tonight Ill be wasted
Cant stop me when Im out on the town
I can feel it, I can taste it
Cant stop me when Im out on the town

Long ago, oh so long ago
How time passed slowly by

And the days seem like years
Never a thought or a fear
Ever really mattered to me

Now I stand here today just trying to make my way
Nothings getting through to me
Ill fly away

Had to look, you just had to look
At the signs that passed us by


Ive got one thing to say
Judge each of your days by the light you see
Cause time she goes by like a bird in the sky
Till theres nothing left to see
Ill fly away

All this time spinning round, holding on to nothing I can feel
Reaching out, full of doubt, twist and turn
But Im always falling down
Time to free your soul

Ill fly away