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

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!

Wait for me I'll understand
I just need time to comprehend your changes
There's always been these changes in you
I remember that there was a time when
Fears we had we left behind and we danced
But it seems the more we learn, we learn that it's

Over, over...
It's dangerous this game we play
You're killing me with words

Forget if you can
The way you moved when our hands touched
You forced me to force you
Do you remember the dreams, the nightmares we shared?
The poison of love so pure, it's deceiving
And deceit is all we have it's got to be over

Over, over...
It's dangerous this game we play
You're killing me with words

Over, over...
Too late to take a chance again
It's over...

They've given me a mission
Don't really know the game yet
I'm bent on submission
Religion is to blame
I'm the new messiah,
death angel with a gun
Dangerous in my silence
Deadly to my cause

Speak to me, the pain you feel
Speak the word
The word is all of us

I've given my life to become what i am
To preach the new beginning
To make you understand
To preach some point of order, Utopia in mind
You've got to learn to sacrifice,
to leave whats now behind

Speak to me, the pain you feel
Speak the word
The word is all of us
Speak the word
The word is all of us

Seven years of power
The corporation claw
The rich control the government,
the media, the law
To make some kind of difference,
then everyone must know
Eradicate the facists, revolution will grow

The system we learn says we're equal under law
But the streets are reality,
the weak and poor will fall
Lets tip the power balance and tear down their crown
Educate the masses,
we'll burn the Whitehouse down

Speak to me, the pain you feel
Speak to me, the pain you feel
Speak the word
The word is all of us
Speak the word
The word is all of us

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

You and I
long to live like the wind upon the water.
If we close our eyes, we'll maybe realize
there's more to life than what we have known.
And I can't believe I've spent so long
living lies I know were wrong inside,
I've just begun to see the light.

Long ago there was a dream,
had to make a choice or two.
Leaving all I loved behind,
for what nobody knew.
Stepped out on the stage, a life
under lights and judging eyes.
Now the applause has died and I
can dream again...

Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone that sees what's going on?
Read between the lines,
criticize the words they're selling.
Think for yourself and feel the walls
become sand beneath your feet

Feel the breeze?
Time's so near you can almost taste the freedom.
There's a warm wind from the south.
Hoist the sail and we'll be gone,
by morning this will all seem like a dream.
And if you don't return to sing the song,
maybe just as well.
I've seen the news and there's
not much I can do...alone

Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone who smiles without a mask?
What's behind the words--images
they know will please us?
I'll take what's real. Bring up the lights.

Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone that sees what's going on?
Read between the lines,
criticize the words they're selling.
Think for yourself and feel the walls...
become sand beneath your feet.

Don't slam the door on your way out
Don't leave without saying goodbye
Another long distance night alone
You leave me wanting, always leave me wanting more

Last word today, coming home to stay?
Wouldn't that be nice, for awhile?

But now my take-out food is growing cold
And the candle's burned a hole in the floor and I'm
Still waiting for the ring of the phone

I'm all alone
And it's another rainy night without you
Guess I'll leave the light on for you
It's just another rainy night without you

Listen, there's a foghorn blowing from the coast tonight
Remember makin' love in the rain?
Strange how laughter looks like crying with no sound
Raindrops taste like tears without the pain

I'm not much without you, can't leave if I wanted to
Maybe that's why you stay around

But tonight I'll sit here tending the fire
And pace the floor one hundred times in an hour, and
Check the voice-mail for a message you've called
(-You have no new messages in your mailbox-)

I'm all alone
And it's another rainy night without you
Waiting by the phone alone
And it's another rainy night without you
Guess I'll leave the light on for you...

I know I've said it before
Hate the sound of the closing door
And your footsteps walking away...

But now my takeout food is growing cold
And the candle's burned a hole in the floor, and I'm
Still waiting for the ring of the phone

I'm all alone
And it's another rainy night without you
Waiting by the phone alone
And it's another rainy night without you
Guess I'll leave the light on for you
It's just another rainy night
It's just another rainy night
It's just another rainy night without you

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

Do you know the people fighting for your head?
What you think, the things you read and what you see
What you hear and how you choose
Your buy from wrong
Yeah I hear the sound of a coming new wave

Have you ever been lonely?
Afraid to speak your mind?
Are you ever reminded to trust the voice inside?

Now I know the reasons for the other side
And I see a different point of view this time
I will be a stronger person if I try
I will see the other side of this day

Are they really controlling
The way you use your mind?
Are you ever reminded to trust the voice inside?

Have you ever been lonely?
Afraid to speak your mind?
Are you ever reminded to trust the voice inside?

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...