Listen to the feet pound upon the stone Listen to the screams from our own Feel the breath catch in your throat Feel the paralysis seize your bones Hear them say we will be safe in our homes Safe from the unknown That beats upon our gates That makes our weak knees shake That will lay us to waste If we do not obey (What?) Acquiesce, little one, to those who speak through speakers And lead us along For they know best, little one; I am weak, you are weaker But they are strong And rhetoric is their weapon for our protection From control of our own fate Brick by brick they build such defenses, control our senses And teach us to hate (Hate keeps us in fear and in fear we are safe In fear we are safe for in fear we obey) We put our faith in weapons and walls And our gates splinter and shake We just wait We isolate to strengthen resolve And our hate feeds the flame at our feet But we don't see We don't see (We listen) We listen, rapt, to the words that they say And live out our lives in fear and hate We believe that we are all kept safe by this panic at the gates We listen, rapt, to the words that they say They polarize, hold our eyes closed; so they stay We're divided to sides from the cradle to the grave, knowing no other way We listen, rapt, to the words that they say They know that fear's an obedient state And they know that they are all kept safe by this panic at the gates By this panic at the gates

Rains wash away paralytic states Valleys turn to lakes and rise to our gates Rains wash away the messes that we make But still shelter we take, and pray the clouds will break Rains wash away But we'll stay dry today And just remain the same Rains wash away

Isabel Dressed in white but lost to sight I swear I saw a ghost tonight With your eyes Even though I don't know your eyes Still I recognize Like motion in a still frame; a dance begun amongst the lame Different when everything looks the same I don't know you, but I know your name Isabel oh Isabel oh Isabel Darling I'm missing something, can you tell? Isabel Here I stand, upon sand A risk I take to take your hand Torrents will break the dams and flood this land A tempest is at hand But I know that we will withstand Like motion in a still frame; an ocean to a fire untamed For now I'm alone, but I'm not afraid I don't know you, but I know your name Isabel oh Isabel oh Isabel Darling I'm missing something, can you tell? Isabel oh Isabel oh Isabel Darling, lift your gift and show yourself Isabel I'm missing something, can you tell? Isabel Lift your gift and show yourself Isabel

It gives me chills It gives me chills It gives me chills It gives me chills It gives me chills It gives me chills It gives me chills It gives me chills It gives me chills

Am I a machine? Are those around me? Tell me: what are we if not machinery? Built to receive Built to believe And what would you with me if my action should cease? I am hearing something in the white noise I am hearing something that is not your voice All lined up in rows With mechanical precision we all make the same decisions Pray, heed the signal Oh, but we are told That they are by our own volition and it is only coincidence That they're identical I am hearing something in the white noise I am hearing something that is not your voice But how can I be sure? Is it false, the sound I hear, or does it just evade the ears Of my companions? To this broken receiver The signal's still heard loud and clear, but there is something else in here That you did not intend And, distantly I think I can see another like me start to hear something And, distantly I think I can see another of your machines start malfunctioning We are hearing something in the white noise We are hearing something that is not your voice And now we're tuned to the sound that will awaken us A secret in the signal that you forced on us You can't stop this signal You've made it too powerful You can't stop this signal Even to save yourself Can't stop the signal now Can't stop the signal

Her teeth are sharp, but her tongue is twice as dangerous When she speaks with ignorance She's been carried far And become too willing to trust the words of deceitful ones And at winter's edge she takes off her dress Woven to protect At the wolves request she takes off her dress She favors something less She favors acceptance Her sisters stand between her and who would do her harm But she doesn't see their scars And she turns her back for she is sure there's no cause for alarm So she doesn't see them fall And at winter's edge she takes off her dress Woven to protect At the wolves request she takes off her dress She favors something less But they favor her flesh Her sisters rise and wipe the blood from their eyes With what they wear with pride; what she has denied They go unheard as the wolves eye what their lies have earned They know there's no use for words; some lessons must be learned Oh, girl what have you been sold? When you do what you're told others will reap all you sow And leave you in the cold Oh, girl where have you to go? You betrayed all of those who once had called you their own For those who would cut your throat So pray that it's not too late to make it home

[Paralytic, we listen to the words of deceitful ones But I am hearing a voice It gives me chills But I'm not afraid] "Hate is fear; love is courage The hour is near that this knowledge will surface Hate is fear; love is courage The hour is near that this knowledge will surface Hate is fear; love is courage The hour is near that this knowledge will surface Hate is fearsome, but love can conquer all The hour is near that we will stand or fall Go" [I am hearing a voice] "As courage is not lack of fear; it is the strength to rise above So it is with hate and love Go"

I have waited so long here I have made this empty tower my home I know when something is wrong; the clouds are gathering strong Tell me: how can I face this all alone? I have seen this before, here I have watched the waves, the wind and the rain Beat upon my door and strip the sand from the shore Until just the rocks remain The night is falling soon And there are no stars above that are bright enough to run these clouds through A storm is coming A shadow hangs on the sea A storm is coming and these shores could wreck anything A storm is coming Are these walls as strong as they seem? And, if someone is coming, will my light be received? I have waited so long here To bring in those under sail I've felt the sirens' song lead me from where I belong But I feel this night this light must not fail A storm is coming A shadow hangs on the sea A storm is coming and these shores could wreck anything (This night this light must not fail) A storm is coming Are these walls as strong as they seem? And, if no one is coming, will I live to see the morning? Will I live to see the morning sun?

Stay with me love, you're not breathing But I can feel your heart still beating And even though I can't stop the bleeding I'm not leaving you I will pull you through I can't live without you I hold you in my hands, swear I will not let you down You slip through my fingers like sand; my throat cannot produce a sound To call an angel down Still I will hold you close no matter what threats surround And I will not give up hope; I know my voice will be found To call an angel down To call an angel down Stay with me love, you're not breathing But I can feel your heart still beating And even though I can't stop the bleeding I promise that I'm not leaving you I will pull you through I can't live without you I watched you fall, so welcomed by the ground I know the danger involved in staying close to you now To call an angel down But, darling, where could I go if I gave into the doubt? I will not leave you alone; my bones will break before my vow To call an angel down To call an angel down Hell is now upon us, I fear, my dear But I will not leave you here I know someone told me to let you go But I won't Though I know all that I risk if I don't I know someone told me to let you go But I won't I'd take hell over heaven just to keep you close I know someone told me to let you go But I won't

As I look into your eyes Mine are red and desert dry And, darling, fire falls from the sky But I am safe in the oasis of your eyes Your breath could heal all damage done By the distance I have come But it seems you're not as simple as some As you speak of what I am to become You tame the fire that falls and spreads And draw it up to wreathe our heads And I fear for my life But I know that I cannot hide And as you hold my weary gaze I feel that I have been betrayed But blessed am I that smoke will choke my cries Still my mouth and stir my mind You show me that I have been blind I lay down what I thought was my life For I know, on the other side I will awake in the oasis of your eyes

Let me hear you now Shadows stretch for miles before the setting sun Like fingers greedy with lust Cast by what we have built on the horizon But these shadows will not reach us Gentlemen, join in Oh, we are safe in what we know And our power grows Oh, what we've made we can control Our progress must not slow Noises deafen for miles from where they come from They fill our hearts with fear Someone said they're from what we've built on the horizon But his ignorance is clear Gentlemen, join in Oh, we are safe in what we know And our power grows Oh, take the children from their homes They are simple to mold With all we know And all we don't With all we know and all we don't They are simple to mold With all we know And all we don't With all we know and all we don't What we don't we won't let show Shadows stretch for miles from the horizon Before the setting sun Someone said that what we have made will unmake us But surely we cannot be touched We are safe in the penumbra But the moon marches on the sun And her shadow will not be outrun Darkness will descend upon all of our heads And then we will witness the end Of this twilight we've wrapped ourselves in Darkness will descend upon all of our heads And then light will come once again We'll see as we once did Before we are undone We will wait as one For the moon to eclipse the sun Show us what we have become

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