The Red and the Black

THINGS FALL APART
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You said that
You'd never be the one to break up
You felt you
Were too steady to fall down
You thought that
No matter what, you could take it
You thought that
Whatever happened we would make up
You felt that
You'd never be the one to fall down
You said that
You were so steady
You could never break down
You said that
You'd never let yourself get shook up
From the start
You'd never let yourself get worked up

Falling all apart
Breaking all the rules
Falling all apart
Breaking all the rules
Falling all apart
Breaking all the rules
Falling all apart

How does it feel to have lost your way?
How does it feel to have your walls collapse?
How does it feel to have nothing to say?
Current hits, won't quit, got to break the straps?

So convinced of your own point of view
In any event
You thought you'd know just what to do
As the world fell
You thought that you'd just, just be fine
That no matter what, you could always walk that line

So

How does it feel to have lost your way?
How does it feel to have your walls collapse?
How does it feel to have nothing to say?
Current hits, won't quit, got to break the straps?

How does it feel? ...


SLINK
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Keep it simple (Keep in time)
Keep it smooth (Don't break the rhyme)
Let it breathe (Just take your time)
Keep it smooth (If you want to)

In this time of constant action
When you're jarred for your reaction
There's another way of getting through
So many people in a hurry
Pushing by you in their fury
Trying to get there before you do

If you've ever been through customs
Or police who say let's bust them
It's the one who rushes who will lose
You've got to control your panic
Slow down, pause, and handle it
It's the only way to get on through

So don't you rush it (Keep in time)
Don't you push it (Don't break the rhyme)
Don't you shove it (Just take your time)
Don't you lose control (If you want to)
You must keep it (Keep in time)
Keep it cool (Don't break the rhyme)
You must keep it (Just take your time)
Keep it smooth (If you want to)

I like to wait for the afternoon
As life rushes by
Slow down
If you pause for the noonday sun
You won't even have to try
Have you ever been in a traffic jam
Have you ever needed a gram
Ha Ha, I have, but I got over it
Uh-huh, I got over it

Some people choose the darkness
To imagine who their partner is
Or to cover their embarrassment
Well, there's a time of push and shove
In both life and in love
But for me, I'll take the afternoon

And don't rush it (Keep in time)
I don't push it (Don't break the rhyme)
I won't shove it (Just take your time)
I won't lose control (If you want to)
So don't you lose it (Keep in time)
Don't you push it (Don't break the rhyme)
Don't you shove it (Just take your time)
And just keep it smooth (If you want to)

I like to wait for the afternoon
As life rushes by
Take your time
If you pause for the noonday sun
You won't even have to try

Now keep it simple (Keep in time)
Keep it smooth (Don't break the rhyme)
Keep it simple (Just take your time)
And you won't lose (If you want to)
So don't you rush it (Keep in time)
Don't you push it (Don't break the rhyme)
Don't you shove it (Just take your time)
Don't you lose you control (If you want to)

I won't rush it (Keep in time)
I won't push it (Don't break the rhyme)
I won't shove it (Just take your time)
I will keep it smooth (If you want to)
Keep it simple (Keep in time)
Keep it cool (Don't break the rhyme)
Let it breathe (Just take your time)
And you won't lose (If you want to)

I don't rush it (Keep in time)
I don't push it (Don't break the rhyme)
I don't shove it (Just take your time)
I won't lose control (If you want to)
So keep it simple (Keep in time)
And keep it smooth (Don't break the rhyme)
Just keep it simple (Just take your time)
Keep it smooth (If you want to)

I won't lose control (Keep in time)
I won't lose control
(Don't break the rhyme)
Don't you lose control
(Just take your time)
Don't you lose it (If you want to)...


THE NEW ADVENTURE
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A chorus chants that they want to be real
But can't you see that's how we all feel
The sergeant says
"Without my gun I can't feel real"
But can't you see that's how we all feel

To be wanted for so long
So enchanted with a love
A time, a time on the run
A time, a time without a gun

To be wanted for so long

Get ready for the new age
Get ready for the new rage
Get ready for America's new day
Get ready and get out of the way

To be wanted for so long
So enchanted with a love
A love, a love was no more
To be wanted for so long

Are you ready, are you ready
Without warning
The wind moves closer
So stand still
And be ready to be counted
And stand up
And stand up for new adventure

To be wanted for so long
So enchanted with a love
A time, a time on the run
A time, a time without a gun

To be wanted for so long
So enchanted with a love
A time, a time on the run ...


MAGIC HYMIE
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It was my last attempt
It was my last defense
I didn't think I could ever do it
Until I did it
It was my last attempt
It was my last defense
I didn't think I could ever do it
Until I did it

If it were yesterday
Or any other day
I would have run away
Playing dumb
I would have stayed away
If it were afternoon
Or night or day
I would have run away
And put things off
And stayed away
Until another day, because-

It was my last attempt
It was my last defense
I didn't think I could ever do it
Until I did it
It was my last attempt
It was my last defense
I didn't think I could ever do it
Until I did it

Sometimes you have to be
Stretched the wire
Before you can untie your hands
Before you move
Sometimes the gun must be
Held to your head
When there's nothing left
When there's nothing left
You can go ahead, because-

It was my last attempt
It was my last defense
I didn't think I could ever do it
Until I did it
It was my last attempt
It was my last defense
I didn't think I could ever do it
Until I did it

Face the chair
Firing squad
Without the heat
To bring you fear
You'll never know
What you can do

Keep it going (repeat)

So there's a way out of that corner
you've painted yourself into. And maybe
you're just gonna have to dig that ditch
a little bit deeper before you can get
out of it. Well do you just gotta stand up.
I mean if you sit down all your life what
are you gonna do? I mean you're just
gonna have to climb up right over
yourself and get out of there. I mean
that mess you're in, you're just gonna
have to get out of it. You're
gonna have to decide you gonna do it. You're
gonna have to decide you wanna do it, and
then you're just gonna do it.

So okay, all right, okay, okay, oh

It was my last attempt
It was my last defense
I didn't think I could ever do it
Until I did it
It was my last attempt
It was my last defense
I didn't think I could ever do it
Until I did it ...


FAST KARMA / NO QUESTIONS
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I want you (repeat)

Well I'm a shy guy
Who will hesitate
Who will wait around
Till it's too late
Who thinks a drink or two is needed
To forget when I was greeted
With a cold stare
Of you're not needed

Well I saw you
Under blue light
Cold fluorescents
Just couldn't touch that sight
When I saw you
Think I saw myself
The look of your eyes reflected
Just what I felt

I said yeah
This time it's happening to me
I heard you say the same thing

So I crossed the room
No questions in my mind
Reflecting back and forth
The shine of mirrored eyes
I said, "I want you"
You said, "I do too"
It was you and I
So electrified

Across the room
You smiled back
No hesitation
That was that
One glance was enough for us
One look so sensuous
Enough for you, enough for me
Our discovery

I said yeah (repeat)

So I crossed the room
No questions in my mind
Reflecting back and forth
The shine of mirrored eyes
I said, "I want you"
You said, "I do too"
It was you and I
So electrified ...


WORLDS IN COLLISION
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So map the area
Of yesterday's agreements
Remember the divisions of east and west
When three worlds fought for your heart
And everyone is a collaborator
There are only levels of co-operation
And there comes a time
When what was wrong becomes right
And there comes a time
When friendly dogs begin to bite

So go beyond your old obsessions
We are definitely expecting rain
The mystery comes closer
For those, for those who can maintain

So all you mothers
All you mothers, all you mothers

[Hitler speech sample]

All you mothers
(There comes a time)
Show your children
You're not afraid to die
(There comes a time)
All you mothers
(There comes a time)
Show your children
You're not afraid to die
(There comes a time)
It's gonna work out fine

From where has the new code come from
And who wrote this alien beat
Some march to the backward movement
Of the drum
Are you willing, are you willing
Are you willing to pay the price

What is real and what is not
What is here and what it's not
What is left and what is right
What is real and what is not

Any world, anywhere, any people
Anyone can pay the price
You are summoned, you are not invited
Blue, brown, black, yellow, and white
Go beyond the old obsessions
Go beyond the old obsessions
Go beyond the old obsessions

I'm not one for half measures
(repeat and fade)


THE RED NIGHTS
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(instrumental)



NO MORE RERUNS
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I'm watching TV a Saturday night
What do I see
But a middleweight boxing fight
A right spar here, a left hook there
Two in one combination
A standard fare
One fighter he tries the Ali shuffle
Guess I'll change the channel
'Cause it's just another scuffle

It reminds me of me and you
It reminds me of what we used to do

TV rerun watching James Dean
Red jacket on, he looks like Martin Sheen
I keep on thinking 'bout Natalie Wood
She sure was looking awfully good
That rebel may have looked so cool
Heart's aflutter, but don't be fooled
'Cause in the end he still lost his fight
Tough luck, sonny, life's not nice

It reminds me of me and you
It reminds me of what we used to do
It reminds me of high school
Reminds me of five years of doing nothing
Reminds me of five years without loving
Yeah

I didn't blame anyone
For what happened to me
Full responsibility, you see
If I came up, I went down
I was fooled and I fooled around

You are the one that I'm after
And you are the one, no disaster
And you are the one I desire
And you are the one that I require
Tonight, oh Honey, tonight
That's right, Honey, tonight

No more reruns
Just a static on my channel
Test pattern light
Lights my room like a candle
A time between the days
Slips in like a vandal
If I blink or tire
I'll miss life's gamble

That's the time that I remember you
And that's the time that I think of you
And that's the time
I remember what we used to do
And that's the time I think of you

But tonight you are the one I'm after
You are the one, no more disasters
You are the one I desire
And you are the one I require
Tonight, oh Honey, tonight
That's right, tonight, Baby, tonight

You are the one that I'm after
And you are the one, no more disasters
You are the one I desire
And you are the one that I require
Tonight, oh Honey, tonight
Oh Honey, that's right
Tonight, Baby, that's right...


NO WARNING, NO ALARM
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Oh fan the fire (repeat)
There's a dance that goes around
You can do it, too
Moves up, moves down
Is it moving you
This dance is more than a dance
Yet it's not so new
They call this dance the fire
And it can't be stopped

Jump it, stay ahead
Grab it, nab it if you can
Current hits, ride it out
Break the strap, snap it back
In and out
Burning block, wired hot
Strapped in, strapped down
In the slot
Don't belong, have to pay
Right or wrong, the fire's song
Time to pay
Knock out, black out
Lock out, look out
In and out
Ride it out, break the strap
Current hits, snap it back
Thunder clap
Feel the shock, feel the rock
Burning block, wired hot
In the slot
On the wire, on the strap
Feel the shock, knock it back
In and out

Ideas come, ideas go
No warning, no alarm
Yeah, its time has come

Now we've got to do it
We didn't have to do it
Yet we had to do it
You had to mean it
Now you're got to see it
Didn't want to see it
Yet you had to see it
You've got to mean it
Now you've got to feel it
Fear won't conceal it
You have got to feel it
You've got to mean it

If you're looking for action
It's your lucky day
There's a fire that's burning
It won't go away
It marches, it sings
It's burning everything
It's patient, it's hot
It's motion can't be caught

So ride the wave, yesterday
Unscathed, depraved
Pull it out
Sneak attack, move it back
In the sack, break the rack
Get it off
I die, you die, we die

Time to move, time to choose
Time to loose, keep in motion
Tear it up
Burning plane, burning fire
Burning border, fan the fire...