Tank - War Machine Album Lyrics

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Judgement Day

Yours is such a heavy load I watch you bend
Carry me a little more I'll be your very end
Then slowly unfold me and I will shine
You love yet you loathe me
I am divine.

All that's good gets swept away
All that's evil will have its day.

See the tears of the lost and lonely
Hear the fears as they cry in shame
See the tears of the lost and lonely
As they march to Judgement Day.

Empty head and empty heart I watch you crawl
With Judas as your only guide I watch you fall
So slowly unfold me and I will shine
You love yet you loathe me
I am divine.

All that's good gets swept away
All that's evil will have its day.

See the tears of the lost and lonely
Hear the fears as they cry in shame
See the tears of the lost and lonely
As they march to Judgement Day.

Let's drink the wine from timeless years and if you dare
To wipe away those bitter tears that keep you here.

 

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Feast Of The Devil

I have crossed the bridge that leads to shadows
I have chased the nightmare to the end
I have sailed the seven seas of wonder
Left a trail of misery behind
If it all goes wrong will you hear the song I'm singing?
If it all goes wrong will we hear the church bells ringing out?

We'll dance of the feast of the devil
We'll dance at his feast.

Careful what you wish for when you are dreaming
We all can see the fantasies with time
Don't believe a word that they are saying
Hide behind the circles of you mind
If it all goes wrong will you hear the song I'm singing?
If it all goes wrong will we hear the church bells ringing out?

We'll dance of the feast of the devil
We'll dance at his feast.

Tick tock the end is drawing nearer
And we are filled with doubt.

Now we've seen what happens to the liars
Now we know the guilty will survive
Come with me I can make you holy
In this world of make believe. Surprise!
If it all goes wrong will you hear the song I'm singing?
If it all goes wrong will we hear the church bells ringing out?

We'll dance of the feast of the devil
We'll dance at his feast.

 

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Phoenix Rising

And the cradle will rock and all the world's my stage
Yes the cradle will rock and all the world's my stage
As the dream comes alive, hunters are on the prowl
As you cling to the past now's the time's the hour
You and I could be enemies (anywhere)
All we see is light
There is a world you will never see.

We scream the phoenix is rising
We scream as the world goes to war.

Can you see in your mind all the things we've lost?
When the bible is torn from the man who had it all
It's the greatest of lies now you hear my voice
Screamin' so loud so loud above the noise
You and I are magical
Yes you and I can fly
You and I are magical.

We scream the phoenix is rising
We scream as the world goes to war.

You feel the power of the hunter creepin' up on you
But there's nothing you can do
You feel the past calling its crawling its deep inside your mid.
Its over and over and now the ends in sight.

And the cradle will rock and all the world's my stage
Yes the cradle will rock and all the world's my stage
As the dream comes alive, hunters are on the prowl
As you cling to the past now's the time's the hour
You and I could be enemies (anywhere)
All we see is light
There is a world you will never see.

We scream the phoenix is rising
We scream as the world goes to war.
You and I are magical
Yes you and I can shine
Always believe in your world.

 

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War Machine

Bring us not to ruin, the fight is never over, till its over
A politician lies and young men and women give up their lives.
Where evil finds its way, we will meet it and send it away.

All Praise the War Machine.

We watch them hiding in their lairs, at last to meet their maker.
Terror in their eyes as they ask "Have you come to save me?"
Some things we never learn and its so wrong, let's take and stand.

War Machine Still it turns then it burns.

Now we've come to Praise the War Machine - Hail!
All Praise the War Machine - Hail!
Watch it burn.

Now we've come to Praise the War Machine - Hail!
All Praise the War Machine - Hail!

And as you lie before them now, the masters of your destruction.
Their pockets lined with gold let your past rise up to haunt them.
You tyrants in our midst, we despise you and soon you'll be gone.
War machine still it turns and it's so wrong.

Now we've come to Praise the War Machine - Hail!
All Praise the War Machine - Hail!

 

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Great Expectations

Lords in their chambers they're handing out favours
They only answer to God
Watching the bankers the second rate chancers
Driving us into the ground.

There's a sign on his door says "Don't come in"
What's he doing in there with his nistress?
There's a sign on the door
Experience for sale
There's a sign on the door. I'm gonna get ya.

We had Great Expectations
But you all let us down
We had Great Expectations
You just let us down.

Priests and their morals sing Christmas carols
While drinking the communion wine
Mix up the story we know of Heaven and glory
See the blind leading blind.

There's a cross on the wall and a purple gown
It's a story we know only too well
There's a cross on the wall, and a candle bright
There's a cross on the wall but it just ain't right.

We had Great Expectations
But you all let us down
We had Great Expectations
You just let us down.

Here comes the young man fathering children
He'll never see as they grow
Watching the young girl dancing for money
Swinging her legs round a pole.

Forgotten child if you head goes wild
Forgotten child of despair
Forgotten child gotta rise above
If you gotta get crazy
Get high on love.

We had Great Expectations
But you all let us down
We had Great Expectations
You just let us down down down.

 

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After All

Never thought I'd find myself so cold and lonely
Never thought I'd find myself alone at all
Lost on the sea of dream
Lost on the sea of heartache.

After all you gave me your word
After all that's all I needed
After all you gave me your word
After all.............

Looking in your eyes I can see that you're not lying
Looking in your eyes I can see the truth
Strip away the mask that keeps us free from leaving
Because of love
Because of love.

After all you gave me your word
After all that's all I needed
After all you gave me your word
After all.............still naked on the floor
Naked on the floor.

They say that to repeat mistakes invites our madness
But madness is the only thing too keep us sane
Brush away the sting of tears that haunt the spirit
Still you believe
Still you believe.

After all you gave me your word
After all that's all I had
After all you gave me your word
After all.............Still...

 

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The Last Laugh

You say I bring darkness I know I bring light
You tell me I'm living a lie
No wonder you world is so upside down
You can't get your feet off the ground.

And I know what you thinking
But it don't mean that much to me
Yes I know where you're coming from
Your eyes are still to blind to see.

Live it love it! We live for Rock 'n' Roll
Live it love it! Don't believe a word
Live it love it! We live for Rock' n' Roll
Live it love it.

You say that you won't then you say that you will
And now you're so lost in your past
There is no one to tell you what you need to hear
Believe me I'll have the last laugh.

I don't care what you think of me you're nothing at all
If you want to play games with me
Just hold on I'm coming round.

Live it love it! We live for Rock 'n' Roll
Live it love it! Don't believe a word
Live it love it! We live for Rock' n' Roll
Live it love it.

Now that you battle is over and lost
Your tears fall across your dry eyes
The hour glass is smashed and time standing still
Still you are caught in the past.

I don't care what you think of me your nothing at all
If you want to play games with me
Just hold on I'm coming round.

Live it love it! We live for Rock 'n' Roll
Live it love it! Don't believe a word
Live it love it! We live for Rock' n' Roll
Live it love it.

 

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World Without Pity

Can you feel the torment of the sacred sun?
Can you feel it rising on the things you've done
Can you feel the moment the abandoned roar?
Can you give them shelter from the coming storm?

If I cast my mind back, I live within my shell
If I look behind me I see that you're not there
Is any one there? No!

If the greed of liars makes you feel betrayed
And the hate within us is a tidal wave
Breathe the scent of wanting smell the jealousy
For the lives of others we look the other way.

Cast your mind back to the days when we were young
We had open hearts but the innocence has gone
Now we all dream alone.

In a world without pity
So many lost and lonely souls
In a world without pity
I walk the streets and I walk alone.

I've heard every cliché in every song
If you don't like it how can you sing along?
I heard that forever is a lonely place
Maybe we can meet there sometime some day.

But just remember today is for today
And if tomorrow the light gone away
I still hear him say.

 

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My Insanity

Hollow cheeks and ice cold eyes
A hero lives but he's dead inside
The across he bares
Wounds and scars
Wild-eyed stare but he don't look back.

Soldier of fortune mistress of pain
Stares at the ground through the mist and the rain
Looks like someone we should know
Come so far but there's a long way to go.

You can't see his world from here
Can't see the world.

This is my insanity
I stare at nothing at all.

Lying here I cannot move
Gone are the days I had something to prove
I hear them talk I can't reply
All I want is just to breakdown and cry.

Locked in this prision locked in this hell
Praying to God to get my life back again
Look like someone you once knew
Wish I could but I just can't break through.

You can't see his world from there
You can't see my world.
This is my insanity
I'm such a long way gone. I, so alone
I'm such a long way gone, Lost in this world
My cruel world.