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THRESHOLD
11:58
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THRESHOLD
SO HERE WE'RE STANDING IN THE DARK
WONDERING HOW WE'RE GONNA START
TO SEEK OUR FORTUNE AND OUR FAME
TO LEARN TO PLAY THE GAME AGAIN
THIS TIME WE'VE GOT TO BE THE BEST
SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE REST
SO MUCH AT STAKE SO MUCH TO LOSE
THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO CHOOSE
BETWEEN WHAT WE KNOW WE CAN DO
FROM WHAT WE SEE HAS COME TRUE
IS CHANCE THE ONLY PATH TO LIFE
IS HOME THE REASON FOR THIS STRIFE?
HOW MUCH OF THIS WILL PROVE OUR SCHEME?
WHEN WE'RE ALONE DO WE SEE THE DREAM?
FOR WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT WAS
FINE THE JOB THAT ONE MAN DOES
WE STAND TOGETHER IN THE LIGHT
NO MORE ALONE TO FACE THE NIGHT
ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE DAY
WHEN WE START AGAIN TO SAY
WE'RE ONCE AGAIN WILLING TO TRY
ATTEMPT IT ALL TO DO OR DIE
WILL BE FIRST OR BE THE LAST,
WHATEVER FALLS THE DIE IS CAST
THE DIE IS CAST
THERE IS A TIME WITH A VENGEANCE
THERE WAS A TIME WITH MY FEELINGS
THERE WAS A MOMENT WHEN I CRIED OUT
THERE WAS A FEELING THAT COULD NOT DECLARE
THERE IS A TIME WHEN WE MUST GROW UP
ONE MUST ACCEPT THINGS AS THEY ARE
AND GET ON WITH THE SHOW
LET'S GO!
COME ON! COME ON!
LET'S GO!
WE'RE ONCE AGAIN WILLING TO TRY
ATTEMPT IT ALL TO DO OR DIE
WILL BE FIRST OR BE THE LAST,
WHATEVER FALLS THE DIE IS CAST
THE DIE IS CAST
OUR FATES ARE LOCKED AS WE GO ON
TO OUR HOPES MORE EVER ON
TO THE REALIZATION OF A GOAL
WE HEAR THE TUNE WE HEAR THE CALL
TONIGHT!
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BOOK OF AGES
10:38
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BOOK OF AGES
CAN YOU EXPLAIN YOUR FEELINGS OF WONDER?
CALL OUT YOUR ANGUISHED CRIES OF REBELLION
HISTORY'S MARTYRS DIED NOT FOR NOTHING
LET US REMEMBER WHERE IT BEGAN
CAN YOU BELIEVE THESE THINGS THAT I'M SAYING?
YES I CAN
HAVE YOU CONCEIVED OF A NEW GENERATION?
NOW I KNOW
NOW THE ANSWER COMES TO ME CLEARLY
WE HAVE NOT LIVE OUR LIVES IN VAIN
THE ANSWER LIES IN THE BOOK OF THE AGES
WE KNOW NOW THAT WE WILL LIVE AGAIN
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YOU ARE THE SEASONS
06:32
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YOU ARE THE SEASONS
YOU ARE MY REASON YOU'RE MY SEASONS YOU'RE MY FORTUNE
YOU ARE THE STRENGTH OF ALL MY YEARS
YOU ARE MY CALLING I AM FALLING FOR YOUR SPELL NOW
YOU ARE THE STRENGTH OF ALL MY FEARS
AND I CAN SEE YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND
AND BELIEVE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT
THE LIFE THAT YOU LEAD CAN BE SAVED TO RELIEVE YOUR TROUBLED HEART
AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SEE
THE WORDS THAT I PUT DOWN FOR YOU TO HEAR
YOU ARE MY SPRINGTIME YOU'RE MY LIFETIME IN A MOMENT
YOU ARE MY WINTER AND MY FALL
YOU ARE THE GOOD TIMES, YOU'RE MY SAD TIMES AND MY LAUGHTER
YOU ARE THE SUMMER OF MY SOUL
AND I CAN SEE THAT THIS ALL SEEMS STRANGE
AND YOU DON'T SEEM TO FEEL THE CALL
BUT I CAN SHOW YOU MORE IN A MOMENT THAN YOU'VE EVER KNOWN BEFORE
YOU ARE MY REASON YOU'RE MY SEASONS YOU'RE MY FORTUNE
YOU ARE THE STRENGTH OF ALL MY YEARS
YOU ARE MY CALLING I AM FALLING FOR YOUR SPELL NOW
YOU ARE THE STRENGTH OF ALL MY FEARS
AND I CAN SEE YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND
AND BELIEVE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW THAT
THE LIFE THAT YOU LEAD CAN BE SAVED TO RELIEVE YOUR TROUBLED HEART
OH I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SEE
THE WORDS THAT I PUT DOWN FOR YOU TO HEAR
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THE STREETS OF FIRE
09:39
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The streets of fire
Lay down your arms Let’s stop the flow
The blood runs free in the streets of fire
Lay down your arms Just let it go
You must retreat from the streets of fire
Hate builds on hate Love builds on love
Why choose the first when the last is better
The fire of passion so oft’ misguided
Leads to the blood in the streets of fire
Lay down the law with a fist of flowers
Or the olive branch Extended
Stop the flow of blood
Of hate defended in the streets of fire
You follow so blind to the carriers of death
Who would guide you with words
Who bank on your hate
The minions die with love and regret
In the streets of fire
So lay down your arms, take up the call
Of peace, and decision
And the Dictator’s fall, like we toppled the wall
No more false gods among us
Hope, the silver lining
In the streets of fire
No more false gods among us
Hope, the silver lining
In the streets of fire
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SO FAR AWAY
05:13
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SO FAR AWAY
THERE'S A PLACE I KNOW THAT'S IN MY DREAMS THAT'S OH SO FAR AWAY
THE MORE I SEE IT MAKES IT SEEM AS THOUGH IT'S GONNA STAY
THERE'S A HOPEFUL LOOK UPON YOUR FACE WHENEVER I AM NEAR
THAT MAKES ME SEE THE WAY YOU DO THAT MAKES ME HOLD YOU DEAR
THERE'S A FEELING IN MY HEART THAT I LONG TO BREAK FREE
AND IT KEEPS ME RUNNING OUTWARD TO THE LAND OF MAKE-BELIEVE
I'M HIDING IN THE CONSEQUENCE I RUN AND FLY AWAY
AND SELDOM HAS THE PATH BEEN TOLD LIKE THIS SO LET ME SAY
THERE'S NO REASON TO BELIEVE
YOU HEART'S ASTRAY SO DO NOT GRIEVE
YOU MIND IS PURE YOU HAVE NOT LIED
YOU TELL THE TRUTH THAT'S NO SURPRISE
(break)
THERE'S NO REASON TO BELIEVE
YOU HEART'S ASTRAY SO DO NOT GRIEVE
YOU MIND IS PURE YOU HAVE NOT LIED
YOU TELL THE TRUTH AND SO SURVIVE
IF YOU FEEL THE NEED TO CRY OUT LOUD YOU CANNOT DO SO NOW
FOR A MAN MUST CRY ALOUD JUST ONCE OR LOSE HIS KNOWLEDGE HOW
YOU'RE WANDERING ON LONG LOST PLAINS OF ROMAN YESTERDAYS
AND SELDOM HAS THE PATH BEEN TROD IN YOUR PARTICULAR WAY
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WHO CAN SAY?
04:18
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WHO CAN SAY?
SOMEWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE THE PEOPLE STOP AND WONDER
AT THE CRAZINESS OF LIFE BEYOND THE GREAT DIVIDE
OUT THERE IN THE BACKWAYS OF OUR MINDS
AND OUR MOST SECRET THOUGHTS
THERE LIES A HIDDEN RECESS
WHERE WE HIDE ALL OUR LIVES
OUTSIDE OF YOUR WILDERNESS THERE WALKS
A LONELY CHILD WHO'S LOST
WHO IS THE ONE INSIDE OF US THAT CRIES TO BE WITHOUT OF US
IF WE KEEP IT LOCKED INSIDE AND NEVER CROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE
BETWEEN OUR PAST AND PRESENT SELVES
WILL WE KNOW WHAT WE WERE THEN?
WHO CAN SAY?
WHO WILL KNOW THE WAY?
NO WHERE THAT YOU GO CAN BE SAFER THAN INSIDE
WHO CAN SAY?
WHO WILL SHOW THE WAY?
NO WHERE IS IT WRITTEN DOWN
WHO CAN SAY?
WHO WILL KNOW THE WAY?
YOU CANNOT BE TURNING ROUND
NOTHING THAT YOU DO IS CAST IN STONE
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BUT FOR THE GRACE
11:01
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BUT FOR THE GRACE
TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN THEY CRIED
AS THE NEWSPAPER BOY STARED AMAZED
TICKET ITEMS ARE SURE TO ASTOUND
WHEN THEY FALL TO THE WEAK AND THE MAIMED
THINK IT OVER YOU THINK THAT LIFE IS HARD
THINK IT OVER AS YOU DRIVE IN YOUR NEW CAR
MANY THE TIME AS WE FELT SO CONFUSED
TRYING TO SORT OUT OUR LIVES
SOMEONE WORSE OFF THAN WE EVER KNEW
THEY NEVER GET TO DECIDE
FEEL THE HEAT OF THE SUN AND GO
THE MOMENT OF TIME IS AT HAND
WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR HEART AND OPEN YOUR MIND
TO THE SADNESS THAT LIVES IN THE LAND
THINK IT OVER, YOU NEVER CHOOSE TO SEE
THINK IT OVER FOR TRULY YOU COULD BE
ONE OF THE FACELESS FORGOTTEN LOST PEOPLE
ONE THAT HAS SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS
NOBODY BLAMING BUT NO TIME REMAINING
TO HINDER THE WIDENING GAP
THINK IT OVER, AS YOU'RE PLANNING YOUR NEXT MOVE
THINK IT OVER
YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE NO FOOL
ONE OF THE FREEDOMS OF HAVING THE ANSWERS
ONE OF THE FACTORS TO HIDE
ONE OF THE ACTIONS THAT YOU CAN PARTAKE OF
RELATING TO THEM AS YOU GUIDE
BUT FOR THE GRACE, THERE YOU GO
BUT FOR THE GRACE THERE I GO
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SEVEN SOURCES is Joel Pirard.. but also a lot more:
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