The End of Control

VOL. I

Running the Devil Down

I throw the fuel to the fire and the shadows dance
It’s down the rabbit hole and I take my chance

Now in the grip of a fever and this thing taking hold
I feel my body shaking as I leave this world

Now I’m racing with the devil on a rainy street
The distant drumming pounding underneath my feet

‘Cos I’m spinning and I’m willing and I’m craving more
I keep my vision shifting as I pry the door

It’s the promise in the devil’s eyes
So alive
So alive

 

My engine’s humming and my head’s on fire
I’m gonna run (run)
 Run this devil down to the wire

I said my engine’s humming and my head’s on fire
I’m gonna run (run)
 Run this devil down to the wire

Like a god, tonight
Like a god, tonight
Alright

 

So, I’m breathing with the rhythm as I pace the turn
A momentary vision of the thing I yearn (for)

I’ve got a key to the city and a line of sight
A loose infatuation burning back the night

And, man, she looks so pretty with that giddy smile
Playing up to the camera
Going out of style

So, eat all your idols
Eat the world where you came (from)
If you’re running down the devil in the pouring rain

It’s the promise in the devil’s eyes
So alive
So alive

 

My engine’s humming and my head’s on fire
I’m gonna run (run)
 Run this devil down to the wire

I said my engine’s humming and my head’s on fire
I’m gonna run (run)
 Run this devil down to the wire

Like a god, tonight
Like a god, tonight
Alright
Alright

 

Whiplash
Talking trash
Banging the drum
You’re gonna hurt someone
Whiplash
Talking trash
The way your banging the drum, I’m gonna hurt someone

 

My engine’s humming and my head’s on fire
I’m gonna run (run)
Run this devil down to the wire

I said my engine’s humming and my head’s on fire
I’m gonna run (run)
Run this devil down to the wire

Like a god, tonight
Like a god, tonight

 

Like a god. Like a god. Like a god. Like a god. Like a god. Like a god, tonight

Like a god. Like a god. Like a god. Like a god. Like a god. Like a god, tonight

Like a god. Like a god. Like a god. Like a god. Like a god. Like a god. Like a god. Like a god.

 

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Burn In You

It was that summer I forgot my name
Barely remember, now, whatever came
Before you
Compelling gravity of you

 

You’ve got me playing it cool, girl
I’m try not to misconstrue
But you’ve been burning in me and now I wanna burn in you
I wanna burn in you
I wanna burn in you
I wanna burn

 

This sweet surrender couldn’t come too soon
I fall apart and I start to swoon
Over you
Desire melts into you

 

You’ve got me climbing the walls, girl
I’m trying hard to keep my cool
But you’ve been burning in me and now I wanna burn in you
I wanna burn in you
I wanna burn in you
I wanna burn in you

 

We’ll drink these waters and we’ll blind their eyes
We’ll throw our heads back and we’ll walk the skies
Me and you
Just love you
What else can I do?

 

You’ve got me crawling the floors, girl
I’m sweating just to keep my cool
But you’ve been burning in me and now I wanna burn in you

Yeah
I wanna burn
Wanna burn
Wanna burn in you
I wanna burn in you
I wanna burn in you
Oh, yeah

Burn in you

 

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Freedom

I scale the fences
I breach the walls
My eyes are stinging
I search these halls

No shining beacon
No mass appeal
No sure direction
That’s how I feel

Everybody wants in
But I want out

 

Oh, I’m breaking out of this place
I’ve walked the line
See these line’s on my face?

Crying freedom

They give you freedom to comply
So toil and fade in this charade
And don’t ask why

 

I’m gonna strip it
Down to foundations
Down to the bone
Running for cover
Out on my own

No indication
No ride for free
No colouration
Why can’t they see?

Everybody wants in
But I want out

 

Oh, I’m breaking out of this place
I’ve walked the line
See these line’s on my face?

Crying freedom

They give you freedom to comply
So toil and fade in this charade
And don’t ask why

 

Tear down this paradigm
I’m not talking anarchy
I just want some piece of mind
Don’t sell me freedom like some plastic holy grail

 

Why should I give my life?
Why should I give my life?
Freedom’s just a word
Freedom’s just a word
Freedom’s just a word

 

Oh, I’m breaking out of this place
I’ve walked the line
See these line’s on my face?

Crying freedom

They give you freedom to comply
So toil and fade in this charade
And don’t ask why

 

Tear down this paradigm
I’m not talking anarchy
I just want some piece of mind
I looked for freedom and found myself alone

Alone

 

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The Fever

Alive
Living in the big easy
Wash my worries out to sea
And define
The corners of my mind
And what would come to be

Everyday
Collect another memory
Marking out our territory
And create
The turning of our fate
Cut from this levity

I can’t deny
When you look me in the eye
That there’s
That there’s something left unchanged

Campfire speech
With tequila on the beach
And a
And a mind to fuel the flame

Searching our souls
To the sound of rock & roll
With a
With a wicked beat to tame

Yeah, we could
Kick
Back
Here
Now
Man

And watch the world go by
And watch the girls go by

 

Is it true?
Is the fever still alive in you?
Like the fever stayed alive in me
I can see
The life we lived was meant to be

 

Laugh through the night
We’d be sleeping through the day
With the
With the party rolling on

Clawing at fame
Not a dollar to our name
So we’d
We’d inject it into song

Turning the page
Time to hit a bigger stage
With a
With a vibe that made us strong

No time to
Kick
Back
Here
Now
Man

And watch the world go by
And watch the girls go by

 

Is it true?
Is the fever still alive in you?
Like the fever stayed alive in me
I can see
The life we lived was meant to be

 

And now
Discover new reality
Changing course of destiny
Separate
But always celebrate
It’s sacredness to you and me

 

Is it true?
Is the fever still alive in you?
Like the fever stayed alive in me
I can see
The life we lived was meant to be

 

And I would not have it any other way
I wanted to play
But I couldn’t stay
The fever burns on in my heart today

 

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Stranded

Sun was shining on your face
I thought nothing was out of place
But you’re down friend
I see you’re down

Tell me what you need to hear
So my words will match your ear
When you’re down, friend, I
I know you’re down

 

Stranded islands sinking in the sea
Rudderless, with loneliness our only company
You may be stranded
But since I’m here with you
Oh, I must be stranded too

 

Spit out all bitter fears
Lay it on my open ears
You fell down friend, so why stay down?

In these days, these waves are rough
I’ll be your air when there’s not enough
My down friend
Come on and turn it ’round

 

Stranded islands sinking in the sea
Rudderless, with loneliness our only company
You may be stranded
But since I’m here with you
Oh, I must be stranded too

 

Eyes on the horizon while you get your head together
We’ll stay tight
So watertight
No matter what the weather

Eyes on the horizon while you get your head together
Yeah
No matter what the weather

 

Stranded islands sinking in the sea
Rudderless, with loneliness our only company
You may be stranded
But since I’m here with you
Oh, I must be stranded too

 

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Home

Home, home, home
Lover, take me back home

Home, home, home
Lover, take me back home

Home, home, home
Lover, take me back home

Home, home, home
Lover, take me back home

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Home, home, home
Lover, take me back home

One, two, three
Sing it

 

Shut out in the cold for the longest of times
Let me thaw by your fire and confess all my crimes
Cool my heels here a while
Everything will be fine
As I recall, in a life before, you were mine

 

Home
On the other side
I got lost
On a dizzy ride
Burning karma to survive
Packing heat to stay alive

The life I’ve lived
The life you followed
The love you gave
The love I borrowed

Two paths diverged in the wood
And I, oh, I didn’t take the one I should now

So, get on with your show
‘Cos now I got to go

 

Home, home, home
Lover, take me back home
I’ve been rambling too long

Home, home, home
Lover, take me back home
I’ve been rambling too long

 

Home
Like an apparition
Lost
In my own condition
Disbelieving this mirage
Lining palms for sabotage

The fear I lived
The fear you swallowed
The faith you gave
The faith I borrowed

When everybody knows your name
It’s hard to remain just the same, now

So, get on with your show
‘Cos now I got to go

 

Home, home, home
Lover, take me back home
I’ve been rambling too long

Home, home, home
Lover, take me back home
I’ve been rambling too long

 

Wake
Wake from a thousand dreams
Tell me what it all means
Broken-down, I sit alone
Won’t you take me back home?

 

Home, home, home
Lover, take me back home
I’ve been rambling too long

Home, home, home
Lover, take me back home
I’ve been rambling too long

I’ve been rambling
Rambling

 

Sing
Sing of a thousand dreams
Tell me what it all means
Been like a king without a throne
Oh, won’t you take me
Take me back
Take me back

 

Home
Home
Won’t you take me back?
Home
Home
Won’t you take me back?
Home
Home
Won’t you take me back?
Home
Home
Won’t you take me back?

 

Home in your loving
Home in your loving
Home in your love embrace

(Won’t you take me back?)

Home in your loving
Home in your loving
Home in your love embrace

(Won’t you take me back?)

Home in your loving
Home in your loving
Home in your love embrace

(Won’t you take me back?)

Home in your loving
Home in your loving
Home in your loving

(Home)

Won’t you take me back home?

(Yeah)

Won’t you take me back home?

 

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VOL. II

Flashes

Flashes
Flashes
Flashes
Flashes
Flashes
Flashes
Flashes
Flashes
Flashes
Flashes
Flashes

 

Flashes of all that I could be
For too long
Too long

Flashes inside the shadow of
This colossus

Flashes
Started tearing at the fabric of my mind
Could lose my mind

Your turn to listen, ‘cos It’s my turn to brag
Standing aloft, I’ll be burning your flag

 

I’m the roar of a lion
I’m a phoenix of flame
I’m a hungry prize fighter
You’ll remember my name

Resurrected my pride
Now come to settle the score
I get these flashes, these flashes
This is war

 

Flashes
Exploding in the ether of my mind
In this time

Deep underground, I’m in incubation
Know that this rage is of your creation

 

I’m the roar of a lion
I’m a phoenix of flame
I’m a hungry prize fighter
You’ll remember my name

Resurrected my pride
Now come to settle the score
I get these flashes, these flashes
This is war

 

I’m the roar of a lion
I’m a phoenix of flame
I’m a hungry prize fighter
You’ll remember my name

Resurrected my pride
Now come to settle the score
I get these flashes, these flashes
This is war

I’m a heat seeking missile
I’m the king of my game
I’m a juggernaut, baby
You’ll remember my name

I’ll be drawing my pistols
As you run for the door
You’ll see the flashes, the flashes
This is war

 

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Dreadnaught of Your Love

A raft afloat in your affections (oh yeah)
Now crushed under the deep blue sea (oh yeah)
We drifted in the wrong direction (oh yeah)
It drained the life right out of me (oh yeah)

I held my breath and plunged into your world

And in the dark I came face to face with

 

The dreadnaught of your
The dreadnaught of your
Your love

Blotting out the heavens above

The dreadnaught of your love

 

Too long held in this deviation (oh yeah, yeah)

I’m digging deeper holes
It’s slipping from my control
Empty once more

Overloaded, down on my knees before

 

The dreadnaught of your
The dreadnaught of your
Your love

Overloaded, down on my knees before

The dreadnaught of your
The dreadnaught of your
Your love

Blotting out the heavens above

The dreadnaught of your love

 

Oh, It’s raining in my strawberry fields
I’m losing touch with all that’s real
The signs are clear that I’ve been trippin’
My lifeline’s frayed and now I’m slippin’

Empty once more
Overloaded, down on my knees before

 

Will she, while riding thrill
Decide to kiss me or kill?
Empty once more

Overloaded, down on my knees before

 

The dreadnaught of your
The dreadnaught of your
Your love

Overloaded, down on my knees before

 

The dreadnaught of your
The dreadnaught of your
Your love

Blotting out the heavens above
The dreadnaught of your love

 

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The Tongue We Speak

I fell, last night, into the strangest dream
There I sat with my guitar by a desert stream
A seed was planted long ago in the shifting sands
And there it stayed ’til now I held it in my hand

It was a crazy thing
I hit note and I let it ring
So Loud

 

The songs we sing, they resonate so sweet
The beats we play, they resonate so deep
The melody, it resonates so sweet
Cos’ music is the tongue we speak

The songs we sing, they resonate so sweet
The beats we play, they resonate so deep
The melody, it resonates so sweet
Cos’ music is the tongue we speak

 

Dulcet tones were drifting in the warm night breeze
We spoke in tongues and we sang our sacred melodies
Caught in the tide, I could not escape the rhythm
And you were dancing, too far gone inside this schism

It was a crazy thing
I held a note and I let it ring
So Loud

 

The songs we sing, they resonate so sweet
The beats we play, they resonate so deep
The melody, it resonates so sweet
‘Cos music is the tongue we speak

The songs we sing, they resonate so sweet
The beats we play, they resonate so deep
The melody, it resonates so sweet
‘Cos music is the tongue we speak

 

Music is this seed I swallow
Hear the call and I now I follow

Music is the tongue we speak
Music is the tongue we speak
Music is the tongue we speak
Music is the tongue we speak
Music is the tongue we speak
Music is the tongue we speak
Music is the only tongue we speak

 

The songs we sing, they resonate so sweet
The beats we play, they resonate so deep
The melody, it resonates so sweet
‘Cos music is the tongue we speak

The songs we sing, they resonate so sweet
The beats we play, they resonate so deep
The melody, it resonates so sweet
‘Cos music is the tongue we speak

 

Speak to me girl
You gotta speak to me girl
You gotta speak to me girl

Speak to me girl
You gotta speak to me girl
You gotta speak with me

 

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Roll

Grace
It’s all I ever wanted in my world
A world that keeps a rhythm with my pace
A pace that doesn’t touch a single thing
And swings
The pendulum the other way

I’m on the money
And I’m primed to hit the spot tonight
I’m feeling lucky
If you wanna take me for a ride

But just one more thing
That you
That you should know
Before I go

 

I’m on a roll (roll)
Roll (roll)
I’m rolling and I can’t slow down
My feet don’t even touch the ground

I’m on a roll (roll, roll, roll)
Yeah
I’m rolling in to make the sting
I promise you won’t feel a thing

I’m on a roll

 

Time
The more I spend, the more I take the chance
The chance that’s always riddled with the risk
The risk that makes me somehow feel alive
Survive
Come shooting out the other side

I’m on the money
And I’m primed to hit the spot tonight
I’m feeling lucky
If you wanna take me for a ride

But just one more thing
That you
That you should know
Before I go

 

I’m on a roll (roll)
Roll (roll)
I’m rolling and I can’t slow down
My feet don’t even touch the ground

I’m on a roll (roll, roll, roll)
Yeah
I’m rolling in to make the sting
I promise you won’t feel a thing

 

I’m on a roll
The warning signs I passed so long ago

I wanna know
The winding road that satisfies my soul
Yeah

Deceived
But I
Supercharged the urge to question why

 

I’m on a roll (roll, roll)
I’m rolling and I can’t slow down
My feet don’t even touch the ground

I’m on a roll (roll, roll, roll, roll)

I’m rolling in to make the sting
I promise you won’t feel a thing

I’m on a roll

I’m on a roll

 

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Push the Button

Came in, reeling from the news today
You were looking the other way

They’re selling tickets to the final show
To the end of the world you know

So addictive when you feel the greed
Self-fulfilling a prophecy

So who’s willing and who’s got the need?
No crusader for apathy
No crusader for apathy
(Yeah)

 

So when’s science gonna save us all?
Came the voice from behind the wall

It’s in our nature to stay out of range
Close our eyes and avoid the change

A riddle leading us to our demise
Anesthetised to all the lies

Moral valour, not technology
Kindness over policy

To late to
To late to
To late to
To late to
Change

 

It’s time to
Push the button
Blow it all away
Quit your fussin’, or start counting down today

A sick parade of self destruction
Pumps the heart of this dysfunction

Reinvent the human race

 

All we needed was a helping hand
To revise the old master plan

And atone for your atrocities?
You’d spend this life upon knees

But the system preaches status quo
You can’t just reverse the flow

In each moment you’ve had ample chance
To love, and connect, and advance

To late to
To late to
To late to
To late to
Change

 

It’s time to
Push the button
Blow it all away
Quit your fussin’, or start counting down today

The spiritual is out of fashion
Calculus replaced compassion

Reinvent the human race

Indignant in the choice we made
Peace and light in retrograde

Reinvent the human race

 

Dictators by our own invention
Futile birth of best intentions

Exponential populations
Now usurping all creation

Self-indulgent infatuations
Narcissistic complications

Pray

 

The time has come for drastic action
Trip this light fantastic faction

Today
Save today
Save today
Save today
Save today
Save today
Save today

 

And so we
Push the button
Blow it all away
Quit your fussin’, or start counting down today

Sick of all this melodrama
Burn the bridge, cash in your karma

Reinvent the human race

Set our course for self destruction
The only way to end dysfunction

Reinvent the human race

 

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Dark Lullaby

Hear the wind dancing in the trees?
It’s only us
It’s only we

Do you hear the voices echoing your name?
Don’t worry, child
It’s all a game

Do you feel the urge that draws you to the edge?
It’s safer here
It’s what we pledge

Do you feel the breath that whispers in your ear?
Listen, listen
It’s crystal clear

(We own the night)

 

When your superstition screams
(That’s us)

When you’re falling in your dreams
(That’s us)

When you lose your way and tire

Seething, we peer, like demons from the fire

 

Close your eyes
And dream serenade
A dark lullaby

 

When your light has disappeared
(Don’t cry)

When it’s all the things you feared
(Don’t cry)

And your praying on your knees

So while you’re safe and sound
Baby, baby, please

 

Close your eyes
And dream serenade
A dark lullaby

Close your eyes
And dream serenade
A dark lullaby

 

Replaying gramophones grind in your head
Savages, savages
Wake up the dead

Opening windows in witch doctors clothes
Moving in symbols that summon the throes

 

Close your eyes
And dream serenade
A dark lullaby

Close your eyes
And dream serenade
A dark lullaby

Close your eyes
And dream serenade
A dark lullaby

Close your eyes
And dream serenade
A dark lullaby

 

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