Magnum Album

There are no secrets under the sun
All our troubles are rolled into one
Early warning, get ready to run
But it's hard to see clear
For we might disappear
With the prize hardly won

When books and theories daily contest
It's like a welcome from the chapel of rest
No salvation, no one is blessed
While in private we shake
There's no time to make
One small request

No more winners or losers
To talk into the night
No more beggars or choosers
They're drawn into the fight
The race is on

What you going to do on your own?
Even wonder should you ever go home
Here come those feelings, can't be right
You think nobody's going to miss you tonight

Mistrusted, heartbroke and busted
So where's the justice?

Going to be all right when love comes around
No hurricane wind blowing could slow you down
You'll be all right when love comes around

You say that you've never known
The kind of love that gets down deep in your soul
You're still reeling from the fight
You wouldn't know it, if it hit you tonight

And I will never know the questions you're asking
I know nothing at all
How can you stand upon the judgement you're passing
When you don't even know the cause?

No more footsteps, I'm alone
From her sad eyes, tears are falling
Once again I'm on my own
Through the wind I hear her calling

Many days have come and gone
At the thought of me returning
Will I be the only one?
Was the lesson worth learning?

Foolish heart, you've let me down
Foolish heart, turn me around
Foolish heart, don't break in two
Foolish heart, where are you?

Thinking now it has begun
Time to wind up all the hours
The biggest fools under the sun
Are locked away in empty towers

Foolish heart, you've let me down
Foolish heart, turn me around
Foolish heart, don't break in two
Foolish heart, I'm relying on you

I'm looking for someone
In this old crazy world tonight
I can't take this heartbreak
In this old crazy world tonight
I'm feeling so empty
In this old lonely world tonight
I'm restless, defenceless
In this unholy world tonight

Oh I never learn

Oh lonely night, disappear
Oh lonely night, don't you come round here
Oh lonely night, lonely, lonely night

I'm waiting for something
To put these foolish things to right
Protected, accepted
I need it now, I need it right
I'm feeling so empty
In this old lonely world tonight
I'm restless, defenceless
In this unholy world tonight

For love we burn
We never learn, we never learn

Oh lonely night, disappear from my door
Oh lonely night, don't you come round here no more
Oh lonely night, disappear from my door
Oh lonely night, don't you come round here no more

Just another broken heart
Any fool can see
Though we're living worlds apart
You're still next to me

I'm never going to give you up
Never want to make you cry
Never going to give you up
Never going to say goodbye

It's just another lonely night
I'm missing you again
Nothing ever turns out right
So when's it going to end?

When you start talking love
You know that I'd run through the night to be with you
Talk about love
It's a walk from the dark to the light to be with you
Start talking love
Talk about love

You left me with a broken heart
Any fool can see
Now we're living worlds apart
Guess it was meant to be

Well, he was born, his father's pride and joy
His young life scored before it began
Dressed up in blue, his mother's only boy
Someday this child would have to be a man

He went to school, shiny and white as pearl
They did not teach things he should learn
Things he would need in this deceitful world
Which way to run or which way to turn

He became strong, everyone looked to him
One of the boys, a beacon in the night
And when he spoke, people would gather in
They would stay close, he'd make them feel all right

One, one precious life
Only a memory tonight
One, one precious life
Only a memory to light
The years of tenderness
Make them burn bright

He wasn't scared, he had no fear at all
Said his goodbyes and marched off to war
And as he looked back, he heard his mother call
Said she'd be waiting at heaven's door

Soon to be killed, left on a muddy field
And all of his thoughts were scattered just like seeds
And he never knew, threw up his arms and reeled
He felt no pain, his heart start to bleed

A soldier cut loose in saigon
He used to be a farmer just like anyone
A soldier cut loose in saigon
Even to his father he's a violent son
Someone built a wall in berlin
Not to keep them out but to keep them in
Someone built a wall in berlin
A permanent reminder of what's happening

We need a lot of love
Got to take a lot of pain
You can watch the river flood
But get washed away the same
Oh we know that things don't last
So we use the guiding tracks
Through the deadly ring of flame

Smoking in a room in lebanon
The hotel's serving but the hospital's gone
Choking in a room in lebanon
Many people hurting, still the telephone's on
Standing on a street in belfast
A city of division, widow in black
Standing on a street in belfast
The crunching of the feet on the broken glass

Maybe tonight
Remember to think of the years
When wrong equalled right
And someone else cried all your tears
All roads are rough
Don't matter that much
Maybe tonight, maybe tonight

Maybe tonight
You'll think of the rules that god broke
Try as you might
Surrounded by fools that still hope
Judgement in haste
Locked in this place
Maybe tonight, maybe tonight

Angels may grace your table
I want those angels to rock your cradle
Angels bring you the morning, bring you the morning
Angels hear you calling

The wheels of fortune
Have snapped your fragile thread
One night of passion
Upset your cultured head
But it's okay it's just the fashion

You walk the high roads
Look down upon yourself
Your eyes concealing
Your heart cries out for help
But it's okay it's just a feeling

Someone, somewhere
Is taking note how you care
Hold on

Your cold tradition
Surrounds you like a wall
Too much to carry
Celestial paramour
You run down persecution alley

Your expectations
The best you've ever had
The thought of giving
Is that so really bad?
That's just the way, it's part of living

I'd pay any price
Just to keep you here with me
I won't hold you down
You can feel that you're free
But it's all no good

Without your love, without your love
Without your love, without your love
Without your love, without your love
I can't make it on my own, I can't make it on my own

You've got to hold on me
But please don't let go
I love the way you do it
I know it must show
But it's all no good

I couldn't breathe, I couldn't see, I couldn't feel
It's not the same, it's only me, it's not real, not real

You take a dangerous line
Holding a loaded gun
It's just a matter of time
Before you hurt someone
So keep your running shoes close
And sing your rebel song
Then disappear like a ghost
The hunter won't be long

Don't you know there's no forgiving
Like a rabbit on the run?
When you have to go on living
By the gun

Well, go on, shoot
Someone cries, that's the beginning
Go on, shoot
Justify the blood you're spilling
Come on, shoot
Show the world that you're not kidding

All gather deep in the earth
A careless light betrays
Be feared, the devil, he's at work
No place to end your days
To hold the balance of the fight
And scream your heart's desire
Don't give you automatic right
To quench the holy fire

Soldier of the line, how does it feel?
You're far away from home, polishing steel
The sun moves in between the mountain and sky
As dawn puts out its fingers, splitting them wide

Soldier of the line, what do you know?
About the other side, they never show
They must be well disguised, biding their time
Their armour well prepared so nothing will shine

Solider of the line, would you kill me?
There's something in your eyes stopping you see
They're cloudy and you turn your head away
What's that rolling down your face, are you okay?

Hold back those tears from your eyes
Don't show those feelings inside

You're in a murderous playground
War games on a castle wall
You're in a murderous playground
Crossed out if you dare to fall

Soldier of the line, it isn't fair
You're bleeding deep inside, nobody cares
Your flag and lance stand proud, splintered and red
No movement in the fields, the crows will be fed

Soldier of the line, you've come to the end
You'll never get to see your mother again
Some unfamiliar place you're going to stay
An unremembered name, an unforgettable day