Empire
Last night the word came down, ten dead in Chinatown.
Innocent, their only crime was being in the wrong place, at the wrong time
Too bad, people say what's wrong with the kids today
I tell you right now they've got nothing to lose
They're building EMPIRE!
Johnny used to work after school at the cinema show.
Gotta hustle if he wants an education he's got a long way to go.
Now he's out on the streets all day selling crack to the people who pay.
Got an AK-47 for his best friend business the American way.
Eastside meets Westside downtown no time, the walls fall down
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE! Can't you hear it calling?
Black man, trapped again holds his chain in his hand.
Brother killing brother for the profit of another,
Game point, nobody wins declines, right on time.
What happened to the dream sublime?
Tear it all down, we'll put it up again Another EMPIRE?
Eastside meets Westside downtown no time, no line, the walls fall down.
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE! Can't you hear it coming EMPIRE!
Can't someone here stop it
Surgical Strike
It's lonely in the field that we send our fighters to wander
They leave with minds of steel it's their training solution
We've programmed the way it leads us to order there's no turning back
A Surgical Strike we've taught them not to feel performance is their task
A Surgical Strike its time is arriving now for you
The plan for the day will be swift as the lightning they harness
The atom display is not mindless illusion at master control
Assessment will not be by human there's no turning back
A Surgical Strike we've taught them not to feel performance is their task
A Surgical Strike its time is arriving now for you
If I Were King
I have so much more to say, my brother can you hear me?
A fool is left to live as the brave ones fall.
I swear if I were able I would have done the same for you.
But now you're gone and I wish I were too.
I spend all my time asking questions,
How can I pay you back when the price you paid was so high, my friend
If I were King of all I imagine I would trade all I am to have you by my side.
If I were King
I have too much time today, my brother can you hear me?
I know where I am, but I still feel lost.
Please know that I am grateful for the years you gave to me.
Everything's changed, but nothing changes for you.
I won't waste my life asking questions.
I've seen the horror of war and there's so much more for a man who's been where I've been.
If I were King of all I imagine, I would trade what I have to have you back at my side.
If I were King of all I imagine, we would both be back home living the rest of our lives.
If I were King
Queen Of The Reich
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 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 The Queen of the Reich
You're slipping away The Queen of the Reich
I Dream In Infrared
As you awoke this morning and opened up your eyes
Did you notice the tear-stains lining your face were mine
Don't you wonder, can't you see what's happening to our lives
I can't keep living this masquerade when my lonely eyes see only your face at night
I only see in infrared I can't dream anymore
Can't you see I need, too I can't stand the pain
You've gathered all my secrets and I don't know who I am
I even feel alone when you're near because you'll never understand
When we first met I must have seemed a million miles away
It's strange how our lives have touched but the time is right
I'll leave tonight don't look in my eyes because you've never seen them so black
I only see in infrared I can't dream anymore
Can't you see I need to I can't stand the pain
One And Only
Back in '86 February and a special number
I just had to know, is this feeling real I picked up the phone
I was one step closer to the danger zone
I knew she'd steal my heart away but I know I couldn't live without her love
The first time she looked at me her smile stayed on my mind
I never thought I'd ever meet a woman of her kind
Now I'm lost in a lover's daze and I'm not walking out
Gonna give my heart away and hope that she will always stay
Call for me, run to me whenever you are lonely
Call for me, run to me my lady love
Won't you come and show me that precious smile and maybe stay for a little while
Close the door, toss the key say that you will always be my one and only
Looking back it seems to me the message in her eyes
Left a lasting spell on me a feeling I can't hide
Now I'm lost in a lover's daze and I'm not walking out
Gonna give my heart away and hope she will always stay
Call for me, run to me whenever you are lonely
Call for me, run to me my lady love
Won't you come and show me that precious smile and maybe stay for a little while
Treat me to your sense of taste and style together we can walk the miles
Close the door, toss the key say that you will always be my one and only
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