Pride: I hear voices, they’re talking about you Can you hear them, do you know what they mean? Try to remember, what have you been through What do you know and what have you seen?
I can read the thoughts they’re conveying So intense, can you feel them too? I can’t believe it’s true what they’re saying You’re far too strong, it couldn’t happen to you
Me: But what if there’s truth in the words that they speak What do they signify?
Pride: You worry too much
Me: And what are the questions to answers I seek What will they clarify?
Pride: You’re losing your touch
Me: Help me out, this means nothing to me…
Reason: Who are these voices, where do they come from? Should we try to understand? Mere illusions, hallucinations? They might be vital to our plan
Love: They sound familiar, they must be here to help you All this confusion’s tearing you apart You must be patient, time is the healer Open up and let them in your heart
Fear: Their guilty sighs I think you understand it all You were afraid to live, now you’re afraid to die…
You fool yourself You rose so high, you were bound to fall Longing for the truth, you lived a lie…
Reason: I am convinced now, they are essential They must be our way out of here
Love: Listen and learn, let your heart lead you And you will find the solution’s near
Fear: Their guilty sighs I think you understand it all Longing for the truth, you lived a lie…
Pride: If they are right, we’ll fight for survival Look to the future, but learn from the past Confront the danger, face up to your rival Take a deep breath, we have to move fast
Me I think there is truth in the words that they speak What do they signify?
Pride: You worry way too much
Me: I will find the answers to questions I seek What will they clarify?
She′s hearing voices call her She′s hearing voices warn her She just can′t sleep in her bed She just can′t sleep She′s falling down the stairs She′s tearing out her hair She′s screaming my name, in the night To keep her warm
She got a red pill blue pill Red pill blue pill Red pill blue pill Red pill blue pill Milk of amnesia
She′s scared of the blacks And she′s scared of the Jews She is walking around She is yesterday′s news And she screams out my name In the dead of the night She is leaving my room She is crying on her side Walking on eggshells Walking on glass Burnt by the mirror Burnt by the light Feeling rejection I′ll burn down your house Tearing down posters I was never alive
Don′t wait for, a knight in shining armour Your savior′s, reflected in the mirror These flowers, have grown from bloodstains on the ground!
Go rake the, leaves off your grass and my grave The fact is, everyone bleeds when they shave There′s no use, so don′t deny we′re just the same!
We′ll take it back! Broken dagger, southern swagger Voices of violence, voices of violence
These cowboys, will ride off in the sunset Once their toys, have turned another profit Back fire, their smoking guns will never rest!
Unleash the, skeletons from the closet These strangers, are friends that you never met They′ll send them, sympathies with a hallmark card
We′ll take it back! Broken dagger, southern swagger Voices of violence, voices of violence
Even after I′m dead and buried, I′ll still remember, I′ll still remember Even after I′m dead and buried, I′ll come back fighting!
We′ll take it back! Broken dagger, southern swagger Voices of violence, voices of violence
Voices of violence will always be heard Voices of violence, voices of violence Voices of violence will always be heard Voices of violence, voices of violence
Whisper your name in an empty room You brush past my skin As soft as fur Taking hold I taste your scent Distant noises Other voices Pounding in my broken head Commit the sin Commit yourself And all the other voices said Change your mind You′re always wrong
Come around at Christmas I really have to see you Smile at me slyly Another festive compromise But I live with desertion And eight million people Distant noises Other voices Pulsing in my swinging arms Caress the sound So many dead And all the other voices said Change your mind You′re always wrong
Darkness drapes my weary eyes drape the void that grows inside And I can′t take this veil away I can′t find the strength I tried to shield my scenery tried to set my mind free This life has brought me to my knees Devastation unleashed
Whispers...calling on the wind Like voices calling from deep within Shivers...all down your spine I′m the void that rides your aching mind
Nightfall seems to come my way and it seems as if to stay A shadow haunts me from the past Will it forever last? A voice is calling in the wind yon the horizons, and from within I deem the thought, shall I abide these ghastly wispers inside?
Whispers...called you on the wind Like voices called you from deep within Wither...wane adown the line I′m the void that rode your aching mind...
So, are you breathing No, no Are you breathing So, are you breathing No
[x2] Wake up, are you alive Will you listen to me I′m gonna talk about some freaky shit now Someone is gonna die When you listen to me Let the living die, Let the living die (say)
[Chorus:] Are you breathing, no? Do the wicked see you? You still breathing? You′re making me known Are you breathing, no? Do the wicked see you? You still breathing?
[x2] What′s up? I wonder why? Do you listen to me? I′m gonna make you do some freaky shit now Insane, you′re gonna die When you listen to me Let the living die, let the living die (say)
[Chorus]
Can′t you imagine how good going through this will make you feel? I promise, no one will ever know There will be no chance of you getting caught They never loved you anyway So come on, be a man And do what you are compelled to do Save Me God, God [x10]
I can hear the voice But I don′t want to listen Strap me down and tell me I′ll be alright I can feel the subliminal need To be one with the voice And make everything alright I can hear the voice But I don′t want to listen Strap me down and tell me I′ll be alright I can feel the subliminal need To be one with the voice And make everything alright
[Chorus]
So, are you breathing? So, do you breathe no, no? So, are you breathing? So, do you breathe no?
Can you hear the desperate cries? That are calling out your name? Twisting your arms, holding out their hands And tugging at your sleeve Do you feel this underlying sense of urgency? Or are you as blind as me?
I hit the ground and I′m still running but I need a place to stay tonight, I swear I′ll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere now
I can′t bear the thought of losing, I dread the attention winning brings And ever since the day I came here I can stand without your strings I′m so sick of all these people But I′m scared to be alone And if this life has taught me anything I forgot it long ago
And so I hit the ground and I′m still running but I need a place to stay tonight, I swear I′ll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes Hit the ground and I′m still running but I need a place to stay tonight, I swear I′ll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes
The heart is something you can′t control We either choose to follow or be left on our own So we′re leaving here on a less-travelled road As desperate cries grow louder, I know we′re getting close, getting close
And so I hit the ground and I′m still running but I need a place to stay tonight, I swear I′ll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes Hit the ground and I′m still running but I need a place to stay tonight, I swear I′ll be gone in the morning I just need somewhere warm to close my eyes
Start I′mma start with this Just a single thought followed by words I hope I don′t miss Miss anything Write you a letter But it′s better that you hear me
I suppose I could sing Write a song to share the meaning Of the love for you I′m feeling People saying what they will I don′t care
I′m hearing voices all around I′m hearing voices calling out What would they say What would it change I′m hearing voices all around I′m hearing voices making sound What would they take What would they say to me If I was, If I was listening
Catch my twenty-two I′d gladly give it to somebody Cause I only wanna be with you I′m lost in your love I start to drown and you go and pull me up Don′t you listen to what they say
I′m hearing voices all around I′m hearing voices calling out What would they say (To me) What would it change (Nothing) I′m hearing voices all around I′m hearing voices all around I′m hearing voices making sounds What would they take? (From me) What would they say if I was listening?
Oh come here There′s something I should tell Now don′t fear Cause I am going no where Voices all around I′m hearing voices What would they say? What would they say? I′m hearing voices Voices Voices all around I′m hearing voices all around
She remembered all the shadows and the doubts The same film Vivid pictures like a wall that′s standing empty And the night so still Such a small affair a relapse someone closing Like the nightclub door Here again and when you speak I watch you move away And seem so sure
She is hoping to forget and the moment Almost slips away When the colours move apart and I wonder If you want to stay And I need to change you like the words I′m reading Don′t you understand This the warning and the message I remember As you touch my hand
Shatter my emotions Take them all away Left alone to face You Now You know my heart Left only to speak what is true See through this plague of flesh With truth I say that I love You Yet my heart betrays me Be not far from me For these voices They must soon cease Despite their betrayal You died for me
(Madonna:) Treat me like a curse Then tell me I′m your saviour I never liked the stranger I used to know so well Waiting for your answer Is a kind of torture Could I grow accustomed to this kind of hell?
Are you walking the dog, ′cause that dog isn′t new Are you out of control, is that dog walking you Haven′t you had enough, now your time is up Baby show me your hell
Voices start to ring in your head Tell me what do they say Distant echoes from another time Start to creep in your brain So you′re playing ′round, it′s like it′s a rewind You blew it so often that you start to believe it You have demons so nobody can blame you But who is the master and who is the slave?
First you say you love me Then you wanna leave me Then you say you′re sorry You play the game so well I bought your illusion You′re the greatest salesman How could I refuse you When you sold it to yourself
Tell me who′d have thought that we would be so controversial And stand up against the normal Are we too outspoken, loud, and messing up the comfortable Well we′ve been messed up also Yeah, yeah
But how can we be silent When a fire burns inside of us
Chorus : ′Cause we′re a million strong and getting stronger still They′ll remember we here With a million voices breaking silence till They′ll remember we were here
We were made to start the riot, take on the impossible And we will slay the giants We are done with fake religion fighting now to find the movement Won′t stop till we find it
How can we be silent When a fire burns inside of us
Chorus : ′Cause we′re a million strong and getting stronger still They′ll remember we here With a million voices breaking silence till They′ll remember we were here
We′re a million strong and getting stronger still They′ll remember we were here With a million voices breaking silence till They′ll remember we were here
′Love, just don′t stare′ He used to say to me every Sunday morning The spider in the window The angel in the pool The old man takes the poison Now the widow makes the rules
′So speak, I′m right here′ She used to say to me not a word, not a word Judas on the ceiling the Devil in my bed I guess Easter′s never coming So I′ll just wait inside my head
Like a scream but sort of silent living off my nightmares
Voices repeating me ′Feeling threatened? We reflect your hopes and fears.′ Voices discussing me ′Others steal your thoughts they′re not confined within your mind.′
Thought disorder Dream control Now they read my mind on the radio But where was the Garden of Eden?
I feel elated I feel depressed Sex is death, Death is sex Says it right here on my Crucifix
Like a scream but sort of silent living off my nightmares
Voices protecting me ′Good behavior brings the Savior to his knees.′ Voices rejecting me ′Others steal your thoughts they′re not confined to your own mind.′
[Dialogue by rap artist Prix-mo reading from the book "Cultural Revolution".] "I don′t wanna be here, ′cause of my suffering, ′cause of my illness. Only love is worth having, only love is what matters, loving every people on equal terms. " "You′ve got to know who you′re dealin′ with because, like a stranger, a-heh, just might come in through here with a gun... and then, what would you do? (Heh.)" "Everything is immaterial..." "′n′ you know that reality is immaterial." "This is not reality..."
I′m kneeling on the floor staring at the wall like the spider in the window I wish that I could speak Is there fantasy in refuge? God in politicians? Should I turn on my religion? These demons in my head tell me to
I′m lying here in bed Swear my skin is inside out Just another Sunday morning
Seen my diary on the newsstand Seems we′ve lost the truth to quicksand It′s a shame no one is praying ′Cause these voices in my head keep saying...
′Love, just don′t stare.′ ′Reveal the Word when you′re supposed to′ Withdrawn and introverted Infectiously perverted ′Being laughed at and confused keeps us pleasantly amused enough to stay.′
Maybe I′m just Cassandra fleeting Twentieth century Icon bleeding Willing to risk Salvation to escape from isolation
I′m witness to redemption heard you speak but never listened Can you rid me of my secrets? Deliver us from Darkness?
Voices repeating me ′Feeling threatened? We reflect your hopes and fears.′ Voices discussing me Don′t expect your own Messiah This neverworld which you desire is only in your mind.