Kerry Livgren Lyrics

Each moment slips away from you
A pleasant memory lingering on
You're reaching back to capture it
But somehow nothing is ever the same

Walking on a time line, you're beginning
Walking on a time line, no end
Walking on a time line, still in motion
Walking on a time line (destination: Home)

Your conscience keeps reminding you
Approaching zero is not far away
Some psycho-logic comforts you
You're so convinced you have nothing to say

You want to keep it all forever
But you can't retain it
It's an impossible endeavor
You can never regain it
As it fades in the distance,
it's disappearing

The deception is alluring
But the truth is living
Your desire is reoccurring
But there's always forgiving
As you peer in the distance,
The future's waiting


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Tonight
by Kerry Livgren

I'm living on the edge and feeling so confused
I'm like a song without a key
A lamp is shining on a path beneath my feet
Life is taking hold of me

But something is happening now (I want to see it)
And nothing will be the same (never gonna be the same)

And nothing will ever be quite the same
I'm slipping away, I can't step in halfway
The moment is here and now

I want to do it tonight, I want to know you tonight
Now I'm too tired to fight
I want to gain what I'll never lose tonight,
I've got to go all the way
I don't care what they say
All that is mine is yours tonight

I thought I felt you moving close to me
In the silence of a dream
I heard you speaking in a voice I never knew
Like the waters of a stream

Flowing into my life (I want to feel it)
Setting my heart aflame (setting my heart aflame)

Changing me inside out (and I'm changing)
Known by another name (turning me inside out)


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Make Or Break It
by Michael Gleason

On the line dividing fact and fiction
You'd like to stake your reputation
But the natural man has an addiction
To believe the worst of fabrications
And when the rumor is on the wire
It will be trial by fire

It's a test of any man's endurance
Just to survive the castigation’s
You hope and pray for some deliverance
As you turn to face the accusations
And when your future is on the line
What will your answers be?
Come to the question and state your case

Will you make or break it?
Choose your weapons well
Make or break it
Soon the toll will tell
All freedom has its price
Is this your paradise?

A mastermind of much illusion
Media controls the public reason
It terrifies with great confusion
And a power that fosters truth or treason

And when the rumor is on the wire
It will be trial by fire
And fact and fiction don't mean a thing

And many good men have fallen
With no defense from the fatal word
Is this a part of the American dream


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Take Us To The Water
by Kerry Livgren

It's burnt in my memory, the face of the crowd
Lost in the desert, they were cryin' out loud
Some voices were cursing, some singing in praise
It's one or the other when the curtain is raised

Lead us to the water, and wash away the fear
Take us to the water that will never disappear
(And get us outta here)

Out in the streets, there's risin' a cry
This isn't livin' but we don't wanna die
Politics and heretics, we've heard it all before
No phony religion, just get us out thru the door

I'll give you fountains that never run dry
Like eagles you will fly
No tear in anyone's eye
And the glory won't fade forever, forever on

The treasury's empty, the riches withdrawn
The people are hungry and the food is all gone
The media garbage keeps pumpin' out lies
The weight is oppressive as the spectres arise


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Beyond The Pale
by Michael Gleason and Kerry Livgren

Beginning again as if for the first time
New melodies, a changing of season

I want you to know me,
But not as I’ve been

Remember me, not as you see
As I will be, not as I am
Beyond the pale, no fairy tale
The lion lies down with the lamb

I look in your eyes,
A great gulf between us
I'll be your friend,
But never keep silence

I want you to know me,
But not as I’ve been

Remember me, not as you see
As I will be, not as I am
Beyond the pale, dark shadow's veil
The lion lies down with the lamb

Sharing the love that I’ve found
Give it a chance to turn our lives around
As I’ve received, I’m willing to give

Remember me, not as you see
As I will be, not as I am
Beyond the pale, no fairy tale (dark shadow's veil)
The lion lies down with the lamb


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New Age Blues
by Kerry Livgren

You look to the east, you look to the west
The gathering storm makes you feel so distressed
You're caught in the wheel, you're buyin' a lie
You're lookin' for wonders and signs in the sky

Look out, look in
You look for the ultimate answer within
No loss, no win
Anything goes in a world without sin
And the black and white is gray
In the world you choose
New age blues (only lose, heavy dues)

No reason or rhyme, it's a sign of the times
So whatever tickles your fancy is fine
You turn to yourself, there's nobody else
The new evolution into the divine

Something wrong, signal strong
Winding down, shadow long
Misconceive, make-believe
Some deny, some deceive


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Slow Motion Suicide
by Kerry Livgren

Have you looked at yourself, is the image true
Will it look the same when it all comes down on you?
Is the altered state what you're meant to be,
Do you still prefer a twisted reality?

Now I can see your spirit is dying
And life goes on, but still you're denying
The healing hand that seeks to restore you
Don't turn away, two paths are before you
Don't play with slow motion suicide
You throw your life away each day with cold emotion
Slow motion suicide
And it will cost you more that you can ever pay

When your vision is clear, you can see for a mile
If your ears can hear, belief will change your style
Are you barely alive, is your conscience aware?
If you're lookin' for life, you just won't find it there

"Better eat and drink, for tomorrow we die"
Such a sad refrain, the creed that you live by,
You're just living a lie
But you gotta get high, 'cause it makes you forget
So you take it again, you take all that you can get


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High On a Hill
by Kerry Livgren

People say I'm crazy and they say that I'm insane
But everything was lost and I had everything to gain
And it all became a song, the one I waited for
So long, just to play
Something in the air that makes the feeling so complete
I'm living as a warrior that can never know defeat
And the battle rages on
'Til the brightness of the sun is gone, gone away

Look on high, to the hill
To the place where time stood still
Then you'll see there's no returning
From a heart where love is burning
How can men hope to hide
Blinded by their pride

A day is like a thousand years, and a
Thousand like a day
You're questioning the reason and you're
Hoping for delay
But it always comes out right
And it's coming like a thief at night, Steal away

On the dark horizon rose the light of a different day
Spreading over all the world to show the living way
And it makes it all so clear
If you open up your ears and hear, now I say


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Life Undercover
by Kerry Livgren

There's a cloak of darkness surrounding you
There's a dagger of guilt that's piercing through
Your sleepless nights
You've been dancing forward and leaping back
And fooling with odd ideas off the beaten track

Life undercover, no one can see
Life undercover, so secretly
You're hiding my brother

A poison tongue brings a furious fate
But you just escaped in the nick of time,
It was not too late
And now your light is on but the shade is down
And your face is smiling, but underneath
You're wearing a frown

You're afraid of what you're made of
But you can't quit the race
Your compassion's out of fashion
And your faith's out of place
Do I know you, do you know me,
Can you regain the ground
When you fake it, will you make it
Is your life lost or found

There's a future lost, you'll account for the waste
If you turn it around, you still might face it undisgraced
Now you're keeping a secret that can't be kept
The master is returning though the servant slept


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Welcome to the War
by Kerry Livgren

The word you call a weapon
Is the sound that will divide
And the war goes on within your heart
'Til you finally take a side
And put to death your pride

You speak of fear and judgement
Do you fear the one who knows?
Your freedom's restoration
Is the purpose you oppose

And the consequence of action
Is a law that all men face
The rising son has bought the Human race

Welcome to the war
From beginning to end
Welcome to the last world war
Welcome to the war
Truth will not bend
Tell me who you're fighting for

Your dreams and all your visions
Won't feed a hungry child
And all the vain philosophies
Have left your mind defiled
You declare as myth and legend
What stands before your eyes
The faith is sure, but you prefer the lies

Welcome to the war
There is no neutral ground
Welcome to the last world war
Welcome to the war
No escape can be found
Tell me who you're fighting for

And when you're truly broken, it all becomes so clear
This place that we were born in, all the hatred and the fear
Was not the world intended, nor ever meant to be
So twisted and distorted, it's reaching out,
And crying to be free

The power and the glory will not be put to shame
The world in which we're meant to live
Has been revealed, and conquered in his name

To those who hold the future as a time when all is well
The truth is in the knowing of a heaven or a hell
For the aliens and strangers it's a time we must endure
For the light grows dim, the victory is sure

Welcome to the war
There is no neutrality
Welcome to the last world war
Welcome to the war
It's the one reality
Tell me who you're fighting for