Paradise Lost

One Second - 1997

1. One Second
2. Say Just Words
3. Lydia
4. Mercy
5. Soul Courageous
6. Another Day
7. The Sufferer
8. This Cold Life
9. Blood Of Another
10. Disappear
11. Sane
12. Take me Down
13. I Despair



1. One Second


AND FOR ONE SECOND
I LOST MY HEAD
AND FOR ONE SECOND
I WISHED THAT YOU WERE DEAD
AND FOR ONE SECOND
YOU´D WISHED THAT YOU WERE HERE ALL ALONE
HOLD BACK THE TEARS THAT COULD FALL FOR ME

AND FOR ONE SECOND
I LOST MY BREATH
AND FOR ONE SECOND
I CHERISH WHAT YOU SAID
AND FOR ONE SECOND
IT SEEMED THAT I WAS HERE ALL ALONE
HOLD BACK THE TEARS THAT COULD FALL FOR ME

AND FOR ONE SECOND
I UNDERSTAND
AND FOR ONE SECOND
MY LIFE WAS IN YOUR HANDS
AND FOR ONE SECOND
YOU WISHED THAT YOU WERE HERE ALL ALONE
HOLD BACK THE TEARS THAT COULD FALL FOR ME
THEY FALL ALONE



2. Say Just Words


YOU GET HIGH
WITH YOUR DESTRUCTIVE INSTINCT
YOU GET HIGH
WITH YOUR CORROSIVE INSTINCT
WHERE CAN I GO
TO ESCAPE YOUR FOUL MIND TRICKS
YOU´RE TRYING IT MORE
BUT YOU WILL NEVER BREAK ME
CAUSE YOU PRESUME THE WINNER IS YOU
BUT THAT´S NOT TRUE
SO SAY JUST WORDS TO ME

UNREAL WHAT YOUR HATES PROVIDING
SAY JUST WORDS TO ME
YOUR TALK IS ALWAYS CONTRADICTION
SAY JUST WORDS TO ME
WON´T FEEL WARMTH OF FRIENDS AROUND YOU
SAY JUST WORDS TO ME
IS IT TRUE THAT THERE IS WARMTH INSIDE
SO SAY JUST WORDS TO ME

YOUR DESIGNS
ALL THE WORSE FROM POWER CRAVING
YOUR DESIRES
ONLY WHERE THERE´S FIRE BURNING
I´LL SHOW YOU THE WAY
A PLEASURE THAT´S FOR THE TAKING
SO TRYING IT MORE
YOU WON´T GET SATISFACTION
CAUSE YOU PRESUME THE WINNER IS YOU
BUT THAT´S NOT TRUE
SO JUST SAY WORDS TO ME

UNREAL WHAT YOUR HATES PROVIDING
SAY JUST WORDS TO ME
YOUR TALK IS ALWAYS CONTRADICTION
SAY JUST WORDS TO ME
WON´T FEEL WARMTH OF FRIENDS AROUND YOU
SAY JUST WORDS TO ME
IS IT TRUE THAT THERE IS WARMTH INSIDE
SO SAY JUST WORDS TO ME
UNREAL WHAT YOUR HATES PROVIDING
SAY JUST WORDS TO ME
YOUR TALK IS ALWAYS CONTRADICTION
SAY JUST WORDS TO ME
WON´T FEEL WARMTH OF FRIENDS AROUND YOU
SAY JUST WORDS TO ME
IS IT TRUE THAT THERE IS WARMTH INSIDE
SO SAY JUST WORDS TO ME



3. Lydia


THROUGH THE SEARCHING LIGHTS THAT WEAVE AND DART
COMES THE STRANGER THAT CARES NOT FOR YOUR HEART
THE PAIN OF LIVING LIFE THIS WAY
MUST TAKE ITS TOLL ON YOU SOME DAY

YOUR JADED EYES CAN SEE
EMBARRASSMENT OR HARM
THE FRAIL SKIN THAT BLEEDS
EMOTIONALLY ON GUARD

ALL LOWEST FORMS OF LIFE
ARE POUNDING YOU INSIDE
YOU´RE HOLLOW COLD DISPLAY
YOUR TIRED MASQUERADE

LET THE IMAGE THAT YOU PRESENT ENTICE
UNLIKE THE MIRROR THAT SHOWS THE STRAINS OF VICE
THIS ACT OF CONTACT YOUR DECAY
WHILE WILLING SOULS WILL MORE THAN PAY

YOUR JADED EYES CAN SEE
EMBARRASSMENT OR HARM
THE FRAIL SKIN THAT BLEEDS
EMOTIONALLY ON GUARD

ALL LOWEST FORMS OF LIFE
ARE POUNDING YOU INSIDE
YOU´RE HOLLOW COLD DISPLAY
YOUR TIRED MASQUERADE



4. Mercy


YOU LIVE FOR TIMES OF SOLACE
WITHIN A SIGN THERE´S A PROMISE
DON´T LOSE ALL FAITH CAUSE YOU SHAKE AT NIGHT
IT´S IN THE ART OF THE PROCESS

IN ANOTHER RHYME
BEYOND THIS PLACE
THE HEALING´S FAST ENOUGH
DONE A THOUSAND TIMES
A THOUSANDS WAYS
UNTIL YOU´VE HAD ENOUGH

IT´S MERCY YOU´RE ASKING FOR
CHEATING LIFE BY TAKING MORE
IT´S MERCY YOU´RE ASKING FOR
TAKE MY LIFE OR GIVE ME MORE

THE LOSS OF PRIZE POSSESSIONS
TO CURE THE MIND´S OBSESSION
COULD TRADE YOUR SOUL FOR THAT NORMAL LIFE
ELITE TO ALL OBJECTIONS

SEE BEYOND ALL TEARS
AND BROKEN YEARS
YOUR SENSES GIVING UP
LOSE ALL CONFIDENCE AT YOUR EXPENSE
YOUR COURAGE SWALLOWED UP

IT´S MERCY YOU´RE ASKING FOR
CHEATING LIFE BY TAKING MORE
IT´S MERCY YOU´RE ASKING FOR
TAKE MY LIFE OR GIVE ME MORE

IN ANOTHER RHYME
BEYOND THIS PLACE
THE HEALING´S FAST ENOUGH
DONE A THOUSAND TIMES
A THOUSAND WAYS
UNTIL YOU´VE HAD ENOUGH

IT´S MERCY YOU´RE ASKING FOR
TAKE MY LIFE OR GIVE ME MORE
IT´S MERCY YOU´RE ASKING FOR
CHEATING LIFE BY TAKING MORE
IT´S MERCY YOU´RE ASKING FOR
TAKE MY LIFE OR GIVE ME MORE



5. Soul Courageous


I COULD NOT CARE LESS FOR OH SO MANY THINGS
TALES OF YOUR DISTRESS AND WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS
ALLURING YOU ON SIGHT
I´D HARBOUR MY DELIGHT
YOU COULD NOT CARE FOR WHAT TUNE SORROW SINGS

IN THIS BATTLE OF AGES
A BREATH OF FIRE WOULD LIGHT YOUR PILOT
ARE YOU SOUL COURAGEOUS
A BREATH OF LIFE WOULD MAKE YOU MAYBE SEE
YOU BRING ME TO THE GROUND
YOU BRING ME TO THE GROUND

VICTORY´S IN VAIN UNLESS ONE KNOWS THE SCORE
INNER PEACE RECLINES IN PLACE THE BITTER SCORN
SPIRIT MAKETH MAN
ALWAYS AT HAND
THE SPIRIT FAILS TO SAVE THE ONES WORTH WAITING FOR

IN THIS BATTLE OF AGES
A BREATH OF FIRE WOULD LIGHT YOUR PILOT
ARE YOU SOUL COURAGEOUS
A BREATH OF LIFE WOULD MAKE YOU MAYBE SEE
YOU BRING ME TO THE GROUND
YOU BRING ME TO THE GROUND

IN THIS BATTLE OF AGES
A BREATH OF FIRE WOULD LIGHT YOUR PILOT
ARE YOU SOUL COURAGEOUS
A BREATH OF LIFE WOULD MAKE YOU MAYBE SEE
YOU BRING ME TO THE GROUND
YOU BRING ME TO THE GROUND
YOU BRING ME TO THE GROUND
YOU BRING ME TO THE GROUND



6. Another Day


ANOTHER DAY AND THE GUILT IS GONE
ANOTHER DAY WILL STRESS THE WEAK AND THE STRONG

JUST A MEMORY THAT WE´VE BECOME
I HAVE TAKEN WITHOUT WARNING
WHEN THE DAY HAS JUST BEGUN...

A SUMMERS DAY
AND MY BLOOD RUNS COLD
I CAN HEAR YOU IN THE MORNING
AS I´M REACHING OUT TO HAUNT YOU

A SUMMERS DAY
AND MY BLOOD RUNS COLD
YOU WILL NEVER HEAR ME CALLING
AS I´M REACHING TO DESTROY YOU

ANOTHER DAY WON´T EASE THE SORROW
ANOTHER DAY WILL HELP FRUSTRATION TO GROW

ALL THE PICTURES AND THE FACE OF HOPE
I HAVE TAKEN WITHOUT WARNING
WHEN THE DAY HAS JUST BEGUN...

A SUMMERS DAY
AND MY BLOOD RUNS COLD
I CAN HEAR YOU IN THE MORNING
AS I´M REACHING OUT TO HAUNT YOU

A SUMMERS DAY
AND MY BLOOD RUNS COLD
YOU WILL NEVER HEAR ME CALLING
AS I´M REACHING TO DESTROY YOU

A SUMMERS DAY
AND MY BLOOD RUNS COLD
I CAN HEAR YOU IN THE MORNING
AS I´M REACHING OUT TO HAUNT YOU

A SUMMERS DAY
AND MY BLOOD RUNS COLD
YOU WILL NEVER HEAR ME CALLING
AS I´M REACHING TO DESTROY YOU



7. The Sufferer


I FIND WHEN I´M ALL ALONE
THAT I FEEL SO ASHAMED
CAUSE ALL MY PRIDE IS GONE

I FIND WHEN I´M ALL ALONE
THAT I FEEL SO ASHAMED
CAUSE ALL MY PRIDE IS GONE

SAY WHAT YOU NEVER CAN RESIST
SAY WHAT YOU NEVER WOULD BELIEVE
GIVE WHAT YOU NEVER WANT TO SHOW
GIVE WHAT YOU NEVER WOULD RECEIVE

A TIME WHEN I´M ALL ALONE
& I´M BREATHING AFRAID
CAUSE ALL MY PRIDE IS GONE

A TIME WHEN I´M ALL ALONE
& I´M BREATHING AFRAID
CAUSE ALL MY PRIDE IS GONE

ELATE THE TEARS I CREATE
HOW COMPLETELY INANE
CAUSE ALL MY PRIDE IS GONE

COLLAPSE AT MY SORRY STANCE
BUT I NEED TO SURPASS CAUSE
CAUSE ALL MY PRIDE IS GONE

MY ONLY THRILL...ALONE IN MY OWN HELL
MY ONLY THRILL...ALONE IN MY OWN HELL
IN MY OWN HELL
IN MY OWN HELL

I FIND WHEN I´M ALL ALONE
THAT I FEEL SO ASHAMED
CAUSE ALL MY PRIDE IS GONE

A TIME WHEN I´M ALL ALONE
& I´M BREATHING AFRAID
CAUSE ALL MY PRIDE IS GONE

I FIND WHEN I´M ALL ALONE
THAT I FEEL SO ASHAMED
CAUSE ALL MY PRIDE IS GONE

A TIME WHEN I´M ALL ALONE
& I´M BREATHING AFRAID
CAUSE ALL MY PRIDE IS GONE



8. This Cold Life


I CAN TAKE ONE DAY TO ACHIEVE MY GOAL
THEN IT STARTS AGAIN
IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE THAT I CALL MY OWN
DREAMS JUST DON´T DELIVER

I NEVER NEEDED FOES
FOREVER FEELING LOW
CAUSE THEY BREAK ME DOWN
CANNOT FAKE THIS FROWN
I NEVER TOOK OFFENCE
I NEVER SWORE IN ADVANCE
BUT I´LL BREAK YOU DOWN
WITH MY POISON MOUTH AGAIN

I CANNOT DENY BITTERSWEET RECLINE
TO A SOLE RELIGION
IT´S A CERTAIN WAY THAT I´M FEELING HOST
TO A NEW DECEPTION

I NEVER NEEDED FOES
FOREVER FEELING LOW
CAUSE THEY BREAK ME DOWN
CANNOT FAKE THIS FROWN
I NEVER TOOK OFFENCE
I NEVER SWORE IN ADVANCE
BUT I´LL BREAK YOU DOWN
WITH MY POISON MOUTH AGAIN

I CAN TAKE ONE DAY TO ACHIEVE MY GOAL
THEN IT STARTS AGAIN
IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE THAT I CALL MY OWN
DREAMS JUST DON´T DELIVER

IN THIS COLD LIFE (repeat 16 times)



9. Blood Of Another


YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD...BLOOD OF ANOTHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD AS WE ROLL IN IT TOGETHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD...BLOOD OF ANOTHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD AS WE ROLL IN IT TOGETHER TONIGHT

WHAT UNRULY LIFE IS LIKE
WHAT IS FABLED WISDOM LIKE?
THIS INDULGENT GRACE
IS SPINNING ROUND AND LEAVING ALL BEHIND
KNOWLEDGE LIMITS YOU BESIDES
CLAMING YOU´RE SO SURE BY VIBES
IN THIS FROZEN CLIMATE
THE TEMPERATURE SHOULD BRING YOU DOWN TO RIGHTS
SHOULD BRING YOU DOWN TO RIGHTS

YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD...BLOOD OF ANOTHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD AS WE ROLL IN IT TOGETHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD...BLOOD OF ANOTHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD AS WE ROLL IN IT TOGETHER TONIGHT

BEAUTY, PURITY INSIDE
TWISTED MADNESS FILTH AND VICE
DEATH IS NOT SELECTIVE
THE DARKER SHROUD WILL FALL ON ALL DESPITE
RECKLESSNESS, THE FAULT IN MIND
ANGER, LAUGHTER CAN´T PROVIDE
TRY TO TURN A BLIND EYE
THE WASTING PAIN ONE TRIP YOU CANNOT BUY...

YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD...BLOOD OF ANOTHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD AS WE ROLL IN IT TOGETHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD...BLOOD OF ANOTHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD AS WE ROLL IN IT TOGETHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD...BLOOD OF ANOTHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD AS WE ROLL IN IT TOGETHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD...BLOOD OF ANOTHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD AS WE ROLL IN IT TOGETHER TONIGHT

YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD...BLOOD OF ANOTHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD AS WE ROLL IN IT TOGETHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD...BLOOD OF ANOTHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD AS WE ROLL IN IT TOGETHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD...BLOOD OF ANOTHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD AS WE ROLL IN IT TOGETHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD...BLOOD OF ANOTHER
YOU´LL SEE THE BLOOD AS WE ROLL IN IT TOGETHER TONIGHT



10. Disappear


IN LIVING WITH A FEAR OF CHANCE
THE CHANCE OF FEARS THE ONLY REASON YOU´RE AWAKE
WE DECREASE IN SIZE WHEN BURDENED WITH YOUR MIND
BUT YOU KNOW ESCAPE IS TO RUN

IN A CONSTANT COMMOTION
WHEN I SPEAK IT´S REVULSION MAYBE YOU´LL
DISAPPEAR...DISAPPEAR
IN A CONSTANT COMMOTION
WHEN I SPEAK IT´S REVULSION MAYBE YOU´LL
DISAPPEAR...DISAPPEAR

RECALL THE PAST WHEN YOU WERE STRONG
THOSE DISTANT DAYS IT SEEMS ARE NOW FOREVER GONE
YOU´LL INCREASE DESIRE TO WANDER AND RETIRE
BUT YOU´LL KNOW ESCAPE IS TO RUN

IN A CONSTANT COMMOTION
WHEN I SPEAK IT´S REVULSION MAYBE YOU´LL
DISAPPEAR...DISAPPEAR
IN A CONSTANT COMMOTION
WHEN I SPEAK IT´S REVULSION MAYBE YOU´LL
DISAPPEAR...DISAPPEAR

DISAPPEAR...DISAPPEA



11. Sane


SEASONS OF SUN WON´T SUFFICE
BUT FOR YOU MY GUARDING LIGHT
I´D WALK AROUND THIS EARTH

ALTHOUGH THE STREETS ARE PAVED WITH GOLD
I´D COLLECT IT TO BE SOLD
I´M BRINGING THIS ON MYSELF

BUT I FEEL FOR YOU
BUT I FEEL FOR YOU
WILL YOU SHOW YOUR...
SANE
WILL YOU SHOW YOUR SANE
WILL YOU SHOW YOUR...
SANE
WILL YOU SHOW YOUR SANE
WILL YOU SHOW YOUR...

IN YOUR MOUTH A LOADED GUN
PULL THE TRIGGER HAVE YOU WON
LET´S SEE HOW YOU CAN DO

IT´S THE DARKER DAYS YOU DREAD
ALL THE HURTFUL THINGS I SAID
IT SEEMS I´M NOTHING

BUT I FEEL FOR YOU
BUT I FEEL FOR YOU
WILL YOU SHOW YOUR...
SANE
WILL YOU SHOW YOUR SANE
WILL YOU SHOW YOUR...
SANE
WILL YOU SHOW YOUR SANE
WILL YOU SHOW YOUR...

SANE
WILL YOU SHOW YOUR SANE
WILL YOU SHOW YOUR...
SANE
WILL YOU SHOW YOUR SANE
WILL YOU SHOW YOUR...



12. Take me Down


YOU AREN´T WHAT I LOVE
YOU AREN´T WHAT I NEED
YOU AREN´T WHAT I LOVE
YOU AREN´T WHAT I NEED

WHAT I NEED

NO, DON´T LET THEM TAKE ME DOWN THERE
DON´T LET THEM TAKE ME DOWN THERE
DON´T LET THEM TAKE ME DOWN THERE
DON´T LET THEM TAKE ME DOWN

YOU AREN´T WHAT I LOVE
YOU AREN´T WHAT I SEE
YOU HATE FROM ABOVE
YOU BECOME WHAT I NEED

WHAT I NEED

NO, DON´T LET THEM TAKE ME DOWN THERE
DON´T LET THEM TAKE ME DOWN THERE
DON´T LET THEM TAKE ME DOWN THERE
DON´T LET THEM TAKE ME DOWN
NO, DON´T LET THEM TAKE ME DOWN THERE
DON´T LET THEM TAKE ME DOWN THERE
DON´T LET THEM TAKE ME DOWN THERE



13. I Despair


IN YOUR HANDS I´M TRYING
IN YOUR HANDS I´M TRYING FLIGHT
I CAN´T DIE
IN YOUR HANDS I´M TRYING
IN YOUR HANDS I´M TRYING FLIGHT
I CAN´T DIE
I´M FLYING IN THE COLD BREEZE EVERY NIGHT

SPARE ME ALL THE STRIFE
MY DESIRES NEVER TIRE
BUT WOULD IT FEEL MUCH BETTER IF I DIED?

PETTY HIGHS - GET ME BY BUT HOW LONG MUST I LIVE WITH THIS DISGUISE...

HAVE YOU NO DIRECTION?
I JUST SENSE PRETENTIOUS SIGNS
IN YOUR HIGHS
HAVE YOU NO DIRECTION?
I JUST SENSE PRETENTIOUS SIGNS
IN YOUR HIGH
I HEAR THE SAME OLD STORIES EVERY NIGHT

SPARE ME ALL THE STRIFE
MY DESIRES NEVER TIRE
BUT WOULD IT FEEL MUCH BETTER IF I DIED?

PETTY HIGHS - GET ME BY BUT HOW LONG MUST I LIVE WITH THIS DISGUISE...

SPARE ME ALL THE STRIFE
MY DESIRES NEVER TIRE
BUT WOULD IT FEEL MUCH BETTER IF I DIED?

PETTY HIGHS - GET ME BY BUT HOW LONG MUST I LIVE WITH THIS DISGUISE...
BUT HOW LONG MUST I LIVE WITH THIS DISGUISE...
BUT HOW LONG MUST I LIVE WITH THIS DISGUISE...


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