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"Crimes Of Conscience" Lyrics |
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If my love is a crime then my love’s far behind, If innocence could justify the crime. Should time hold back the tears, All the heartbreak of the years. Then you’ll be sure to wake me from this endless stream of tears. Oh, oh, oh... (Chorus) It’s the seed that’s been sown, to this country I must go. Though my heart has no strength to carry on. It’s the seed that’s been sown, you’ll be mine forever more, With the feeling that yesterday has gone. Should I stay? Should I go? It's never left to us to know, I’m standing at the crossroads of a lifetime. It’s a life I want to live, it’s a life I want to give, After all it’s just an ordinary life I want to live. Oh, oh, oh... (Chorus)
It’s so hard to break down a wall, Hidden behind there’s so much to find, Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday. I saw her look into his eyes, I saw him light up a cigarette, He knows there’s something, he knows damn well. It’s a never-ending tragedy, We spend our lives together, whatever, And I’m not so blind that I can’t see you. (Half Chorus) There’s a girl in the ghetto, she’s got no time to be changing. In this land full of fools, when you play by the rules, You’re really something. You’re really something. The secret that everyone knows, They turn their heads and they walk away, But there’s no talking, there’ll soon be no pain. It’s so cold here on the shore, Finding it hard to believe in him, But she’ll be waiting, until he returns. It’s a never ending tragedy, We spend our lives together, whatever, And I’m not so blind that I can’t see you. (Full Chorus) There’s a girl in the ghetto, she’s got no time to be changing. In this land full of fools, when you play by the rules, No divine intervention. While the father stands watching, far away from the limelight. When the blood turns to stone and you’re left on your own you know You’re really something. (Bridge) As he closes the door and he walks away, Finding it hard to believe that he’s wrong. When he wakes up in the morning, He knows she’s gone. (Last Chorus) There’s a girl in the ghetto, she’s got no time to be changing. In this land full of fools, when you play by the rules, you’re really something. When the blood turns to stone and you’re left on your own you know You’re really something. You’re really something. You’re really something.
Lying in his bed, lost his soul to another world. The thought of her releases, the kind of thing he could never recover. (Bridge) If you need a little time work it out, just take your time. If you need a little time work it out, just take your time. (Chorus) Only time has to pretend, there’s no love in the end. There’s no winners in a losing game, no messages to send. There’s no witness for their sins, all the captains and the kings. But the bitter taste of loneliness spent in the tender years. Playing with my life. Should I stay at all, should I cross that line. Your life still surrounds me, Never felt so bad, it’s so lonely without you. (Bridge) If you need a little time work it out, just take your time. If you need a little time work it out, just take your time. (Chorus) There’s no telling how, one day everything, now to lose it all. Rain keeps falling hard, killing every hope that I ever had. (Bridge) If you need a little time work it out, just take your time. Well if you need a little time work it out, just take your time. (Chorus)
Oh the flags they are flying, All around the crystal water. And I know that time has changed them, But has never cause to falter. Flags never tumble down, always there to lead, And as long as we, have a reason why. And I know this time it’s true, And I know this time it’s you. Oh then tell your story to a child, All the tainted dreams of glory. You could see it written in his eyes, But it’s too late for him to turn back. Flags used to mean so much. Even though you’re down, Raise your glasses up, keep your spirits high. And I know this time it’s true, And I know this time it’s you. Oh where is the cross of morning, And the spirit ties that bind you? Through the empty streets he wanders, But nobody cares to find him. Flags always there to win. Even though it’s lost, Can you tell to him, what’s the reason why? And I know this time it’s true, And I know this time (this time) it’s you.
There’s this girl I used to know, spoke in whispers oh so low, I’m hoping that someday I’ll find, all the love that’s on her mind. Though I was young and could not tell, was she a ghost from a wishing well? Just a simple girl you know, spoke in whispers oh so low. (Chorus) I hope you understand, I never understood, That when you talk to me, I never felt so good. I hope you understand, that when I close my eyes, I see you. And if I could roll back the days, so many things she longed to say. The happy days in a short life span, the agonies of a working man, A simple love so well I know, it was so very long ago. Just a simple girl you see, spoke in whispers just like me (just like me). (Chorus)
"You’d better start living off the land". That’s what she said. They’re gonna start working to a plan, With or without you. Even though the cupboards are bare, Even though there’s nothing out there. You can’t just sit around and worry, When you’ve still got a chance. (Chorus) I can see you but I can’t hear, nothing at all. I’ve lost you I know it’s clear, believe in it all. I can see you but I can’t hear, not a word, you’re gone forever. "You try to bring them up to live the right way". That’s what she said. Then you’re living with the fear of getting nowhere, A-ha. Nothing could ever compare, With the simple life they’re living out there. You’d better start laying down the guidelines, You’d better start, you’d better start, you’d better start. (Chorus) (Chorus and ad-libs)
Darkness on the white strand, Our land like a shallow grave. We’re torn apart. What does it mean? What does it mean? What does it mean? (Chorus) White strand, White strand. Broken minds, broken dreams, They all sail away, on an endless sea. We’re torn apart. What does it mean? What does it mean? What does it mean? (Chorus) x2 It’s all over, over, never be the same. It’s all over, over, never be the same. (Chorus) x2 Never be the same, never be the same again, Never be the same, never be the same, we’ll never be the same.
There’s fighting in the street boys, there’s fighting in the glen. They chose a way that’s failed before, might never try again. But you were seventeen, you fought your wars, And now you’re twenty one. But in the city lights the hunger cries, Until it’s all begun. (Chorus) Nobody knows the way you’re feeling, Nobody knows it that’s for sure. Gone are the dark times I’ve had no trouble, I will, I will, love you. There’s doubts about the future, And there’s doubts about today. There’s clouds outside the harbour boys, It’s never been any other way. You try to settle down, try to build a home, It’s easy when you’re telling me. But when the hope is gone still carry on, Until it’s all begun. (Chorus) On and on, on and on, back into my heart again, On and on, on and on, back into my heart again. On and on, on and on, back into the heart again, On and on, on and on, back into the heart. (Chorus) Do you love me? Yeah you leave me behind, Do you love me? And you leave me behind. And do you love me? you leave me behind, And do you love me? (Chorus) I will, I will, love you.
Follow, look around you. Follow, tell me what you see. The cry for help is in your eyes, Your face, it shows your age, your crime. Follow, look around you. Follow, tell me what you see. The price, you pay, is far too high, The time, has come, to end their lies. (Chorus) Stateside Europe in the sun, Stateside Europe on the run, And the clown in the circus has a smile upon his face. Stateside Europe in the sun, Stateside Europe on the run, And the fires on the hillside burn for some forgotten face. Follow, look around you. Follow, tell me what you see. Somehow, some way, that time will come. No light, no hope, no setting sun. (Chorus) (Chorus and ad lib’s)
All titles written by Cry Before Dawn except Second Sight & Stateside Europe lyrics by Jim Hayes.