Nevermore - "In Memory" [1996 Century Media] 1 Optimist Or Pessimist (3:28) 2 Matricide (5:21) 3 In Memory (7:05) 4 Silent Hedges / Double Dare (4:42) 5 The Sorrowed Man (5:25) "Optimist Or Pessimist" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chaos, the rule of the game Spinning as optimist fades Confusion becomes law Eclipsing hope, the pessimist said If you want to change the world, forget it The future's not in our hands If you want to change the world, forget it The pigs already set in Freedom has bee stripped away Change it the corrosion fades Slowly we turn As the pessimist sets these pointed words If you want to change the world, forget it The future's not in our hands If you want to change the world, forget it The pigs already set in The optimist understands why the world's gone down the drain The pessimist never bends, constricting thoughts in vain From the pessimist's point of view there's nothing we can do As I paint this picture gray and taste the pain I'll play the optimist The only world I know is the world I cling to It's a world that I'd want to save Optimist or pessimist, what am I suppose to be If you want to change the world, forget it The future's not in our hands If you want to change the world, forget it The pigs already set in The optimist understands why the world's gone down the drain The pessimist never bends, constricting thoughts in vain From the pessimist's point of view there's nothing we can do As I paint this picture gray and taste the pain I'll play the optimist "Matricide" ~~~~~~~~~~~ Hear our Mother crying in silent tears For she can't speak, she only cries She cries to me Draw the final curtain, for senseless thoughts And senseless hands have shaped the future Is it not what you thought would come? Or maybe people no longer care for Mother Earth Earth Mother is screaming, we can't live without her No time left for dreaming here, she knows Have we forgot our future? Earth Mother, life giver, we can't live without her So foolish, men who say they don't care They'll be gone anyway Feel our Mother nurture, for we are the children Suckling at her breasts she gives us life, she give us all we need What do we give in return for life we take from her? Oh, forgive us Mother, forgive us For we know what we do We've blistered and burned you Our kind may soon be through, we've rapes you Earth Mother is screaming, we can't live without her No time left for dreaming here, she knows Have we forgot our future? Earth Mother, life giver, we can't live without her So foolish, men who say they don't care They'll be gone anyway Earth Mother is screaming, we can't live without her No time left for dreaming here, she knows Have we forgot our future? Earth Mother, life giver, we can't live without her So foolish, men who say they don't care They'll be gone anyway Think of our little ones, for whom the world has just begun...... "In Memory" ~~~~~~~~~~~ Do you remember the time gone Do you remember tears like golden streaks across the sky Do you remember, do you believe it's all been said and done Or is it just beginning, ripping, freezing me Do you remember the time gone Or is it too painful for you Do you remember days spent in the sun, times we shared It's crystal clear to me, in memory Maybe I've gone too far, on one of my turns But no one can take away what I've already learned Memory lives in shadow, nevermore will I blame And I swear 'till the end of my days I'll not forget one moment Burn out the times, burn out the tears, forget who's to blame Hold out your hand and see through the years You're just a foolish mortal man Maybe I've known too long just how abstract we all live And I've seen how futile anger scars all that we believe Burn out the times, burn out the tears, forget who's to blame Hold out your hand and see through the years You're just a foolish mortal man And when there's nothing more left to dream And nowhere left to wander The memories will be there for you To give you peace of mind Maybe I've gone too far, on one of my turns But no one can take away what I've already learned Memory lives in shadow, nevermore will I blame And I swear 'till the end of my days I'll not forget one moment Burn out the times, burn out the tears, forget who's to blame Hold out your hand and see through the years You're just a foolish mortal man And when there's nothing more left to dream And nowhere left to wander The memories will be there for you To give you peace of mind And when there's nothing more left to gain And no risks left worth taking The memories will be true to you..... In memory, in memory... Memory is alive "Silent Hedges / Double Dare" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Originally recorded by Bauhaus Following the silent hedges Needing some other kind of madness Looking into purple eyes Sadness at the corners Works of art with a minimum of steel Pure sensation The beautiful down grade Going to hell again Going to hell again Self confidence leaks From a thousand wounds Faults of civilization Burning the private paradise of dreams Minus hands of the electric clock Clock What happens when the intoxication of success has evaporated? Following the silent hedges Following the silent hedges Going to hell again I dare you, to be real Pure sensation The beautiful down grade Going to hell again Going to hell again "The Sorrowed Man" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Take me away to the quiet place Where the doors of perception open wide Smiling faces greet me there Loved and lost, lost inside Take me away to the netherworld Where we dance in the waves, the universe shines The place that holds my beautiful dream When I awake, I look to the sky and Pray that I will live forever The sorrowed man will not be me Today I'll change my life forever For what I've seen must surely be Fly me away on the wings of a dove To the temple of knowledge we can fly Smiling inside, peace so clear One with the all, one within mind Fly me away to a better world Where there's no more way and can be no shame The place that holds the great mystery When I awake I look to the sky and Pray that I will live forever The sorrowed man will not be me Today I'll change my life forever For what I've seen must surely be Here I am, body and soul Flesh and blood, on this stage I play my role No, there's no time left for gazing at the sky No, there's no time left, kiss the wind goodbye and Pray that I will live forever The sorrowed man will not be me Today I'll change my life forever For what I've seen must surely be In the eyes of the sorrowed man.... Warrel Dane - vocals Jeff Loomis - guitars Pat O'Brien - guitars Jim Sheppard - bass Van Williams - drums All songs by NEVERMORE except 4 written by P.Murphy/ Bauhaus Recorded & mixed by Neil Kernon Assisted by Robert Manning, Bobby Torre & Mike Lose Recorded at Village Productions, Tornillo, TX, April-May 1996
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