THE CIRCLE OPENS
(Greaves / Brough)

Isn’t this a lovely place?
Our blue-green pearl in outer-space
Carrying us through every day
With hardly any price to pay

Do we know our real worth
As guests upon this Planet Earth
All we have to do is care
To keep on living free as air

Floating through this endless void
This paradise may be destroyed
By paranoid and soulless men
Living in their secret den

Those whose only goal in life
Is creating clever ways to die
Maybe make a new disease
Or simply decimate the seas

Mankind’s’ ingenuity, unchecked by integrity
Is poisoning the world we know
With no other place to go

And so we fashion our own noose
The Dark Man comes, The monster’s loose
Yes we fashion our own noose
The Dark Man’s here, the monster’s loose

 

ENOUGH
(Greaves)

You’re broken
What’s wrong with you?
You’re broken
This will not do

I believe you’ve sealed your fate
And that man has made his last mistake

This cursed place has been losing face
for way too long
No matter how hard they try,
They won’t all get along
I’ll call to arms, I’ll spread my word,
they’ll hear my call
I’ll shake things up, I’ll shake them all

CHORUS
I’ve had enough, I’ve had enough
(It’s not enough to take away their pride
We have to break them up inside
Expose the fears they tried to hide)
I’ve had enough, I’ve had enough
(I will make you lie, I’ll make you cheat,
You’ll be the master of deceit
Breaking them will feel so sweet)
And they will scream defeat

Be still now
Don’t try to fight
Be still now
We’ll steal the light

Recurring dreams, recurring themes
been haunting folk
They beg forgiveness
All their gods, they will invoke
I’ll call to arms, I’ll spread my word,
they’ll hear my call
I’ll shake things up, I’ll shake them all

CHORUS

They’ll crumble
And fall apart
So don’t stumble
Strike at their heart. At their heart

CHORUS

 

CAPTAIN TRIPS
(Greaves / Brough)

Creeping crawling through the night
Captain Trips is out of sight
The ultimate democracy
No antidote for you or me
Charging through the open door
With no regard for rich or poor

The beauty of humanity
Prey to my insidious villainy
Hunting high and hunting low
Catching you, wherever you go
Surrounded by my toxic haze
Welcome to your final days

We manufactured our disease
Death comes slowly on the breeze
Foolish men with high ideals
Making sure our fate is sealed
A lottery to live or die
Will it kill or pass you by?

Did you think that you could play
The laws of nature in this way?
Sowing your own demon seed
Allowing my disease to breed
I can feel your trembling fear
Captain Trips has entered here

Ring a ring a roses, feeding my neurosis
How can I stand my ground
When all around are falling down?

Feeling like the chosen one
A lottery that I have won
Captain Trips has passed me by
How I wish that I could die

The evil leaving me behind
No ray of hope for me to find
Desolation surrounding me
Curse this invisible enemy

Fate has made me what I am
A Crusoe in this broken land
Paradise has disappeared
The sum of all our hopeless fears
Mankind’s’ blind hypocrisy
Has finally ended history
The World will end its’ time in peace
No lasting signs of human disease

The World is very nearly mine
The Human Race is out of time
Did you ever really see
The scientific insanity

Welcome to your final days
Captain Trips is here to stay

We all fall down… 

DREAMS
(Greaves)
(Instrumental)

 

MOTHER A
(Greaves / Brough)

I see your future, I see your past
The evil you face isn’t meant to last
I feel your souls, I hear your heart
Though from this world, I will soon depart
For all my sins and all my pride, from my creator I cannot hide
I have tried to guide you through darker ways
To stop you facing the end of days

There are many here who doubt that I’m sage
And write off my visions as the ramblings of age
But I was put here to show you the way
Make sure of the path from
Which you can’t stray
Come to me now when times are the worst
Begin the journey, these steps are the first
I know you will find me, You know you must try
Come to me now, before I die

You must believe that goodness will win
Evil will out, believe in Him
Gather your strength, make your last stand
This will not be the end of God’s plan
Remember my words and keep the faith
Heed all the words from my dying breath
For though I have left this dark broken place
You must carry the hope of the human race

TRASH
(Greaves / Brough)

I’m the trashcan man
I’ve got fire in my hands
Don’t take my words amiss
Cos my minds in a twist
I’m the trashcan man
Avoid me if you can
I have this gemini brain
That loves inflicting pain

Don’t you feel me
Don’t you see me
I’m under your radar
But can strike you from afar

I’m the trashcan man
I’m not the kid I’m a man
It’s only fire I sell
But I can blow you to hell
If you think I’m your friend
You will lose in the end
Only I have the balls
To make The Dark man fall

Don’t you feel me
Don’t you see me
I’m under your radar
But can strike you from afar

CHORUS

See me coming, I’m the trashcan man
Feel me near you, Oh yeah the trashcan man
You cannot avoid me
I’m not part of your plan
When all’s said and all’s done,
I’m just the trashcan man

I’m the trashcan man
You’d better run while you can
My kind of fire
Will be your funeral pyre
It’s no use to hide
I’m right there at your side
With a match in my hand
I’ll put an end to your stand

Don’t you feel me
Don’t you see me
I’m under your radar
But can strike you from afar

My life for you…

CHORUS

My life for you… 

 

SUIT OF LIES
(Greaves)

Standing on the edge of the world
What do you see?
Standing on the edge of the world with me
Skyscrapers fall as we pass by
You couldn’t love even if you really tried
A heart as empty as the sky

The whole world crumbles beneath your feet
Atoms collide, exploding when they meet
Exposing the pain inside
I could die if I only tried
You could lie, I wouldn’t be surprised
You use, abuse, then cast aside

CHORUS

You wear your skin like a suit of lies
Burning through me with vicious eyes
If i could see through your disguise
I would see right through your suit of lies

Standing on the edge of the world
Smiling with your lips of pure deceit
Addicted to apathy
Suffocating under heavy shadows
With your grey eyes jaded and comatose
From pseudo morality

CHORUS

What am I supposed to do?
Cant you see my point of view?
What happens now is overdue

CHORUS

THE BETRAYAL
(Greaves)
(Instrumental)

STAND
(Greaves / Brough)

There once was a time we had understanding
But those days have faded from our minds
Classic mistakes, no give and all take
We should be ashamed for being so blind

I sit through the years and watch your transgressions
There’s no saving grace to redeem your souls
You come running to me to say that you’re sorry
You’re just the result of your evil goals

You can’t defy me, You can’t deny me
(You’ll never fool us, you’ll never rule us)
I will enter your lives, come what may

CHORUS

Give up all hope, give up all faith
The monster within is coming to play
Don’t think you can run, don’t think you can hide
The Dark Man is here to ruin your day

We can sit here in fear just losing our minds
Or get on our feet and begin the fight
Watch the darkness descend and simply do nothing
Only mankind can bring back the light

You can’t defy me, You can’t deny me
(You’ll never fool us, you’ll never rule us)
I will enter your lives, come what may

CHORUS

The Lord is my shepherd, he makes me lie down
He greases my head, so I can rise up

You can’t defy me, You can’t deny me
(You’ll never fool us, you’ll never rule us)
I will enter your lives, come what may

CHORUS

And the righteous and unrighteous alike
were consumed in that holy fire.

 

THE CIRCLE CLOSES
(Greaves / Brough)

So, here we are again
A brand new day
An ever hopeful sun
Chases all the dark away
Feels just like a dream
The talk of Gods’ almighty scheme

So walk towards the sun
The future’s bright
Cast the dark aside
Returning to the light
The scars are all too real
But they have slowly started to heal

CHORUS

So we stay the same, in this endless game
Full circle back to the start
Reluctant players, always taking part
History repeats, and we get front row seats
Full circle, another drama in this never-ending theatre we call Life

So we start again
With all our hopes in mind
The future’s in our hands
It’s only ours to find
The sunrise starts the day
The past is slowly fading away

CHORUS

So we stay the same, in this endless game
Full Circle, back to the start
Reluctant players, always taking part
History repeats, and we get front-row seats
Your Mother earth is playing games
Another chapter in the cycle we call life

We’ve come full circle….