Relentless Kerry Livgren Album: Audio-Visions 1980 In the time we spent together Many words have passed between And the feelings that we shared are all behind us now 'Cause a change has come upon me And I'm surly not the same There is so much more than what we feel and live every day (Chorus) Relentless, unchanging Though the world is still before me now I'm seeing forever I will keep my heart and mind with you So joyously I'm waiting for the day In a single timeless moment When the old was cast away The new was born into a world of simple joy And my life is still for living Though it's seen through different eyes And the knowledge of the truth's A burden easy to bear (Bridge) It's drawing so near It's shrouded in mystery Histories fall, the end of an age The feeling we're waiting for, hoping for Now, the time to come alive The end to which we strive Will soon arrive Now the gift is truly given If you only would receive For you're standing in the crossroads And you can't turn back Though we can't conceive forever And it's sometimes hard to care Our lives do not compare to what's awaiting us there Anything For You Steve Walsh Album: Audio-Visions 1980 I still believe in what you say I still believe that it could work ok But love is just another game you play You'll never change your mind You exist so free and clear Let no one touch you let no one near I think you're just someone afraid of fear Or what you just might find I can see them all lining up outside your front door Filthy minds and terrible habits are interesting Sure O but look at me now if I've changed tell me how O I'd do anything for you I'm sick of fighting but I need you so You tell me lies but I can't let go I want to take you out but you say no Think you're ashamed of me You give me headaches o you got your gall If it weren't for me you wouldn't have nuttin' at all I fell for you 'caus you were nice and tall I liked what I could see I could be the keeper of fortunes if I was inclined Let me know that you're standing beside me I'll give them a sign O but O but look at me now if I've changed tell me how O I'd do anything for you I could lead an army to victory or win in a race I could do it if only I knew that you'd save me a place O but O but look at me now if I've changed tell me how O I'd do anything for you Hold On Livgren Album: Audio-Visions 1980 Look in the mirror and tell me Just what you see What have the years of your life Taught you to be Innocence dyin' in so many ways Things that you dream of are lost Lost in the haze Hold on, baby, hold on 'Cause it's closer than you think And you're standing on the brink Hold on, baby, hold on 'Cause there's something on the way Your tomorrow's not the same as today Don't you recall what you felt When you weren't alone Someone who stood by your side A face you have known Where do you run when it's too much to bear Who do you turn to in need When nobody's there Outside your door He is waiting Waiting for you Sooner or later you know He's got to get through No hesitation and no holding back Let it all go and you'll know You're on the right track Hold on, baby, hold on 'Cause it's closer than you think And you're standing on the brink Hold on, baby, hold on 'Cause there's something on the way Your tomorrow's not the same as today Loner Walsh Album: Audio-Visions 1980 I remember when I saw your face I said out loud she's out of place She's summer's child and still she feels no freedom Your hair was long and so was mine when we were young I felt a kind of magic Did you feel that for me I thought that you would understand you thought that I was in your hand Now's the time when I can't stay not even you can change the way I'm a loner I remember when I saw your eyes I said out loud I realize That beauty often hides a heart that's hardened You tell me now you use them all they love it best before they fall Collected like a flower in your garden I thought that you would understand you thought that I was in your hand Now's the time when I can't stay not even you can change the way I'm a loner Curtain Of Iron Livgren Album: Audio-Visions 1980 The streets of the city are barren All the windows and doors have been closed As the night draws near You can feel their fear Their freedom is just an illusion And they tell us that love is a lie Can it all be true What can one man do See the pages as they turn Never will the children learn Born as a prisoner in a curtain of iron Never will the pages turn The City of Gold's in the distance And they've already forgotten their dream Visions slowly fade In this land of shade See the pages as they turn Never will the children learn Born as a prisoner in a curtain of iron Never will the pages turn As the power grows, darkness spreading Hope is still alive, though we're dreading What the future holds, no more need to Fear what all men face Only good can win the race Rumors speak of war, all the nations Turmoil in the streets, tribulations Now it's plain to see All the prophecies are taking place Only good can win the race There are fragments of truth still remaining And they bring them the light of the world To this hope we cling Till the bells will ring See the pages as they turn In their wisdom we will learn Our bloody history soon will resolve See the pages as they turn In their wisdom we will learn Free from the prison, a Curtain of Iron Got To Rock On Walsh Album: Audio-Visions 1980 It's no funny hanging around winter seems so numbing Getting fat where I sit down do you suppose it's old age coming I get this feeling I'm no good for nothing life has led me wrong Once in a while it makes it all worthwhile if I can sing this song Got to rock on I can't be this way I'm hanging around but wait till music's in season That's when I'm high that is how I play and I do it the best that's all I need for a reason Can't think straight can't think at all staring out the window Hear the band I hear them call everything will disappear and I get the feeling I can conquer anything gets in my way Don't need no doctor 'caus I know exactly what I need today I Got to rock on I can't be this way I'm hanging around but wait till music's in season That's when I'm high that is how I play and I do it the best that's all I need for a reason The sun beats down upon me and it looks as tough that spring Has waited long enough to get here she knows that I must Sing about her future oh sing about her past I love to play my music And I try to make it last but sometimes summer comes too fast I got to rock on I can't be this way (cont.) Don't Open Your Eyes Ehart /Hope /Livgren /Walsh Album: Audio-Visions 1980 Who sees you when you're sleeping who knows the thoughts you're keeping You're reaching out your hand 'cause someone's calling Don't open your eyes too soon 'cause it might be me The darkened sidestreets that you've taken faces all around say you're forsaken You see yourself and someone else behind you Don't open your eyes too soon it might not be me Haunted by my broken dreams haunted by my empty screams Creeping cautions 'round the corner climbing slowly out the window Running fast but getting nowhere Don't know if I'll ever make it back alive Haunted by my broken dreams haunted by my empty screams No One Together Livgren Album: Audio-Visions 1980 Centuries of backward ways Have many left behind us Who can count the good men gone away The fruits of all our labours Have left us as we started We've come to far to end it in a day It seems that everything we do is wrong A one-way trip to nowhere all along Just look around and tell me what you see Another stupid page of history No one together No one is touching ground Look at each other Chaos is all around Same situation Nothing is really new No one together No one is me and you Lo! the horn of plenty Is bursting at the seams The harvest of the world will be our prize We claim to know the secrets The answers have been found But how can one fool make another wise There's nothing better than it used to be To live and die is still a mystery We take away and we give nothing back We just consume it all and still we lack No one together No one is touching ground Look at each other Chaos is all around Same situation Nothing is really new No one together No one is me and you Each day passes by us So quickly now You can feel is drawing much closer now The signs are in the faces Of the people in the streets The signs are in the sounds I hear Their voices filled with pain and fear You can feel it drawing near you now The multitudes are searching And wondering in vain For what they seek cannot be found in men The truth that lies before us now is plain for all to see To grow without is not to grow within For in the promise is a victory To see the way that everything should be To feel the joy that we were meant to know We should've realized so long ago We're all together Harmondy will abound Look at each other All that was lost is found New situation If our directions to We're all together Everyone is me and you No Room For A Stranger Steve Walsh /Richard Williams Album: Audio-Visions 1980 Have you ever felt like jumping out of a window on account of your pride Have you ever felt like you were losing your marbles Caus someone hurt you deep inside Well I had a girl so young and so healthy I lived for her night and day But all of her friends said since I wasn't wealthy There'd be no room for a stranger today I played the game and I spent all my money I went out and tore up this town If I had any guts and a little more whiskey I would burn that woman down Have you ever felt like scum in the gutter well that's how I felt that day Have you ever felt like you were loose in the rudder there'll be no room for a stranger today Back Door Walsh Album: Audio-Visions 1980 As I look out in the night and count the stars all shining bright I wonder where I am and where I'm going Sometimes I think I've lived before I seem to see beyond a door But it's just a crazy notion I leave showing I live my life as sensitive as possible then one day Maybe I'll wake up young again with feelings of a new day But what we feel I know we'll, miss and someday I'll look back at this And know by then the life that we were meant for... but are you leaving Leaving my back door You want the world to give you some you fight a war that's never won and you Come back scarred 'caus you've seen who's really dying You reach a point where nothing lasts you play a part that someone casts you into Now their machines keep right on lying I want the world to be a place where no one comes to suffer Just give the pain an empty place away from one another Let's seal our words with a kiss 'cause someday we'll look back at this We'll know by then the life that we were meant for... but are you leaving Leaving by my back door |