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Scene Beyond Dreams The Words in the Tones Nine Yeah, he's giving it all he's got The king of rebels hit the jackpot But his finish line was an artistic flop -- Jellyfish / The Ghost at Number One All my life I've searched upon the reasons for us being here The universe and all that it contains / I've tried to find the secrets of the brain Twenty years I've labored trying to find who my creator was And now at last the pieces fall into place / It's funny / And it shows upon my face And now the people herald me as being the genius beyond compare They're clamoring to hear what I will say / It's funny / And they carry me away And the music goes 'round my head / And I can't hear a thing you've said And my life echoes through my brain / It's so comical / I'm insane -- The Saints / Music Goes ‘Round My Head He built himself a prison And knew he'd have to escape Some worlds are held together with steel Some are held together with cello-tape He was shifting, through the sharks' teeth He always paid his dues Something told him he had nothing And that's when he knew he had nothing to lose He says / I am the hallelujah man Break all the rules / I'm the king of fools I'm the renegade / Of this gray town I'll do anything to bring the government down I am the hallelujah man Yes, my friends / I've been born again -- Love and Money / Hallelujah Man Proud swagger out of the school yard / Waiting for the world's applause Rebel without a conscience / Martyr without a cause Static on your frequency / Electrical storm in your veins Raging at unreachable glory / Straining at invisible chains It's not as if this barricade / Blocks the only road It's not as if your all alone / In wanting to explode Someone set a bad example / Made surrender seem all right The act of a noble warrior / Who lost the will to fight No hero in your tragedy / No daring in your escape No salutes for your surrender / Nothing noble in your fate Christ, what have you done? / Turn around and walk the razor's edge Don't turn your back and slam the door on me -- Rush / The Pass Well, the dawn is howling / And the mainframe shakes I feel like I've been sleeping in a cellar full of snakes My wings have been clipped / And my shoes have been stuck with glue Well, if you'll be my enemy / I'll be your enemy too Now I've got goons on my landing / Thieves on my trail Nazis on my telephone / Willing me to fail They were all sent by someone / Obviously you Well, if you'll be my enemy / I'll be your enemy too I can't get to sleep / I can't catch my breath I can't stop talking / And I look like death But I will right this disgrace / I will rearrange you If you'll be my enemy / I'll be your enemy too -- The Waterboys / Be My Enemy Don't look now / Things just got worse I'm drunk again / I swear this present is just a curse I got here / By killing off all my friends I think I figured it out / My life begins / When the fun ends I got my wings / I'm free to go as I please Yeah, I got my wings / Now nothing really pleases me Till everything falls apart / Then I get to try to put it back together Yeah, it falls apart / And you can count on that You can count on bad, bad weather again Was it good? / I don't remember much about it When things start to feel right / You can count on me to start to doubt it And the Devil's not in the details / No, the Devil is in my pants And it's shoot first / Apologize later / Another quick and short shot romance So I got what I wanted / Now my life is just boring Till everything falls apart / Then I get to try to put it back together Yeah, it falls apart / And you can count on that I met God this afternoon / Riding on an uptown train I said / Don't you have better things to do? He said / If I do my job what would you complain about? So I let it go to Hell / Now I have something to do He said / I let it go to Hell / Does that sound familiar to you? And you can call it anything you want / They're gonna take it all away from you You're gonna wake up / Wake up / Wake up scared You're gonna find yourself lost again / Lost again -- Dog's Eye View / Everything Falls Apart Well, you doubt if there's a Heaven / You doubt if there's a Hell You doubt if you'll remember / All the stories they will tell It's a terrible feeling / Living / Dealing with doubt Well, you doubted the beginning / And I'm sure you doubt the end You doubted your teachers / You doubt all your friends It's an overwhelming sensation / Confrontation / With doubt You know, doubt can make a strong man / Weak and under stress And doubt can make a weak man / Totally worthless God, it's a pity / Doubt You stage your finale / With meticulous care Your view is consistent / And then out of nowhere Your vision is clouded / You face habitation / With doubt -- The Call / Doubt Maybe I'm a man who's in the middle of something That he doesn't really understand -- Paul McCartney / Maybe I'm Amazed   Now I can see you wavering / As you try to decide You got a war inside your head / And it's tearing you up inside You're trying to make sense / Of something that you just don't see You're trying to make sense now / And you know that you once held the key But that was the river / This is the sea -- The Waterboys / This is the Sea How many times must we tell the tale? How many times must we fall? We're living in a lost memory -- Eric Clapton / Pretending Well, there's really not much to us / When you get right down to it We stand or fall together / Take the blows that come our way I've been walking in the spirit / Singing with the heavenly choir You know love won't hide forever / I wouldn't give my dreams away -- The Call / Surrender So when you wake up in the bushes / Passed out on the lawn And suddenly it dawns on you / That mother wasn't wrong It all comes back like deja vu / You just can't help but recall 'Cause there's just one way that we can stand / Too many ways to fall -- Arc Angels / Too Many Ways to Fall The truth can change a man / In the wisdom of his days It whispers soft but constantly / You cannot live this way For deceitful words are costly / And actions even worse The abuse that has been suffered here / From childhood laid its course The past lies in slumber / The future / No claims The present is ours / Cleaned by the rain My pockets have emptied / But my heart overflows Consumed in the fire of love's fearless power How I long for your face in that great final hour Once I spoke in riddles / Now I speak it plain The tears of God are pouring down In remembrance of that day How will I know you? / What will you look like? When does the dream end? / When will the sun arise? -- The Call / When We rose early on a desert morning Into the burning sands we go Said, good day / To the thieves and fakers We did it all for a chance to tell a tale We rode on until early next morning Eyes burned and our nerves were frayed I confess / I felt so worthless I lost hope / Big price to pay I went higher than I'd ever been before I went lower than the depths could hold I said a prayer / Then without warning A figure rose up from the desert floor He looks at me / He says / How high are you? I looked at him with my one good eye We just smiled and stared in silence He did it all for a chance to die for love We think again of the dreams that made us As I stare into your beautiful eyes There came a day when the words had meaning The sky cried and the waters came rushing I do believe you are the lone survivor I suspect you of the bravest deeds He just smiled and said / It's all worth it I fell down on my knees / And I cried / For Love -- The Call / For Love All at once it happens / You find yourself involved No escape can hide you / Sleep provides no rest at all Can't go on like this much longer / Meet me in this lonely place Can't go on like this much longer / Lift the veil and let it fall Caught beneath the surface / Worlds lie in between You know the search will take you / Out beyond the world of things All my expectations / Fall upon this frozen ground Fall upon this holy ground Why you chose to bear this likeness / Live inside this skin and bone Wrath becomes the loving-kindness / Heals the body and the soul Waking every sleeping passion / Every single thought restored Can't go on like this much longer / Lift the veil and let it fall -- The Call / Expecting Did we ask for trouble / When we asked for breath A silent witness put to the test In a frozen moment / An offering made Foreign rumors live to this day Did you feel protected / Inside wide walls? A world neglected / Heads for a fall A fate suspended / Each day's a gift A world offended / God, what is this? He says / We'll walk in the front door And proudly raise our hands I said / Man, you must be joking Our hands are covered blood red Got a way that's easy / Territory's marked Hurl us backwards / Back to the start A cool deception / A gifted tongue Nations falling / Down-Down-Down He says / We'll walk in the front door And proudly raise our hands I said / Man, you must be fooling Our hands are covered blood red And I see you standing / Beneath the tree Your hands uplifted / On bended knee In a fateful hour / Hear another voice I must remember / What was my choice? He says / I am the one / The one for you I look in your eyes / Then tell me what to do I feel ecstatic / I feel transformed More than conquered / Down to the bone He says / We'll walk right through Heaven's door And proudly raise our hands I said / Man, you must be dreaming Our hands are covered blood red -- The Call / Blood Red (America) Now is the moment / Please understand The road is wide open / To the heart of every man A few simple words / So a mule could understand He don't want tomorrow / If it's just crumbling into sand So, won't you please hear the call? She says / Put the message in the box / Put the box into the car Drive the car around the world / Until you get heard -- World Party / Put the Message in the Box I'm floating back / To a deeper need Some childhood memory / What did you take from me? I'm floating back / To an early stage Before the birth of fear / Before the birth of rage I find it hard to speak / So much remains unsung For there's a million miles / Between my heart and tongue I ask for patience please / Beg for my heart's release Haunting memories / Could put an end to me I'm floating back / To a younger day Was this some fantasy? / What have you kept from me? I'm floating back / To a hidden past I tried to hide away / I knew it couldn't last When just a look from you / Could bring me to my knees This haunting memory / Could put an end to me A bitter cry of need / Some sorrow never ends I'm floating back to you / I'm floating back again I'm floating back / To my father's chair Where I began to feel / Where I began to care I'm floating back / To my mother's home What did she say to me? / Your past now you must own The sun may never set / This struggle lives and breathes This haunting memory / Could put an end to me But love awaits us all / My portion I receive This haunting memory / Could be the cure for me -- The Call / Floating Back I'm just an aging drummer-boy / And in the wars I used to play And I've called the tune to many a torture session Now they say I am a war criminal / And I'm fading away Father, please hear my confession I have legalized robbery / Called it belief I have run with the money / I have hid like a thief Re-written history with my armies and my crooks Invented memories / I did burn all the books Well, I have tried to be meek / I have tried to be mild But I spat like a woman / And I sulked like a child I have lived behind walls / That have made me alone Striven for peace / Which I never have known Oh, Father,Please help me / For I have done wrong The man's too big / The man's too strong -- Dire Straits / The Man's too Strong Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise Blackbird fly / Blackbird fly Into the light of the dark black night -- The Beatles / Blackbird No one remembers / No one can see That we were defenders / That we were the free -- Pete Townsend / White City Fighting How does it feel to be the only one? How does it feel to be the only one who knows that you're right? How does it feel to be a loaded gun? How does it feel to be a visionary poet? How does it feel to be the only one who knows that they're buried alive? -- Jellyfish / The Ghost at Number One Ten