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The Division Bell

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The Division Bell

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Cluster OneWhat Do You Want From MeAs you look around this room tonightSettle in your seat and dim the lightsDo you want my blood, do you want my tearsWhat do you wantWhat do you want from meShould I sing until I can't sing any morePlay these strings till my fingers are rawYou're so hard to pleaseWhat do you want from meDo you think that I know something you don't knowWhat do you want from meIf I don't promise you the answers would you goWhat do you want from meShould I stand out in the rainDo you want me to make a daisy chain for youI'm not the one you needWhat do you want from meYou can have anything you wantYou can drift, you can dream, even walk on waterAnything you wantYou can own everything you seeSell your soul for complete controlIs that really what you needYou can lose yourself this nightSee inside there is nothing to hideTurn and face the lightWhat do you want from mePoles ApartDid you know... it was all going to go so wrong for youAnd did you see it was all going to be so right for meWhy did we tell you thenYou were always the golden boy thenAnd that you'd never lose the light in your eyesHey you... did you ever realize what you'd becomeAnd did you see that it wasn't only meyou were running fromDid you know all the time but it never bothered you anywayLeading the blind while I stared out the steel in your eyesThe rain fell slow, down on all the roofs of uncertaintyI thought of you and the yearsand all the sadness fell away from meAnd did you know...I never thought that you'd lose the light in your eyesMaroonedA Great Day for FreedomOn the day the wall came downThey threw the locks onto the groundAnd with glasses high we raiseda cry for freedom had arrivedOn the day the wall came downThe Ship of Fools had finally run agroundPromises lit up the night like paper doves in flightI dreamed you had left my sideNo warmth, not even pride remainedAnd even though you needed meIt was clear that I could not do a thing for youNow life devalues day by dayAs friends and neighbours turn awayAnd there's a change that, even with regret,cannot be undoneNow frontiers shift like desert sandsWhile nations wash their blooded handsOf loyalty, of history, in shades of greyI woke to the sound of drumsThe music played, the morning sun streamed inI turned and I looked at youAnd all but the bitter residue slipped away... slipped awayWearing the Inside OutFrom morning to night I stayed out of sightDidn't recognise I'd becomeNo more than alive I'd barely surviveIn a word... overrunWon't hear a sound (He's curled into the corner)From my mouth (But still the screen is flickering)I've spent too long (With and endless stream of garbage to)On the inside out (... curse the place)My skin is cold (In a sea of random images)To the human touch (The self-destructing animal)This bleeding heart's(Waiting for the waves to break)Not beating muchI murmured a vow of silence and nowI don't even hear when I think aloudExtinguished by light I turn on the nightWear its darkness with an empty smileI'm creeping back to lifeMy nervous system all awryI'm wearing the inside outLook at him nowHe's paler somehowBut he's coming aroundHe's starting to chokeIt's been so long since he spokeWell he can have the words right from my mouthAnd with these words I can seeClear through the clouds that covered meJust give it time then speak my nameNow we can hear ourselves againI'm holding out (He's standing on the threshold)For the day (Caught in fiery anger)When all the clouds(And hurled into the furnace he'll)Have blown away (... curse the place)I'm with you now(He's torn in all directions)Can speak your name (And still the screen is flickering)Now we can hear (Waiting for the flames to break)Ourselves againTake it BackHer love rains down on me easy as the breezeI listen to her breathing it sounds like the waves on the seaI was thinking all about her, burning with rage and desireWe were spinning into darkness, the earth was on fireShe could take it backhe might take it back some daySo I spy on her, I lie to her,I make promises I cannot keepThen I hear her laughter rising, rising from the deepAnd I make her prove her love for me,I take all that I can takeAnd I push her to the limit to see if she will breakShe might take it back,she could take it back some dayNow I have seen the warnings,screaming from all sidesIt's eay to ignore them and G-d knows I've triedAll of this temptation, it turned my faith to liesUntil I couldn't see the dangeror hear the rising tideShe can take it back, she will take it back some dayShe can take it back, she will take it back some dayShe will take it back, she will take it back some dayComing Back to LifeWhere were you when I was burned and brokenWhile the days slipped by from my window watchingWhere were you when I was hurt and I was helplessBecause the things you sayand the things you do surround meWhile you were hanging yourself on someone else's wordsDying to believe in what you heardI was staring straight into the shining sunLost in thought and lost in timeWhile the seeds of life and the seeds of were plantedOutside the rain fell dark and slowWhile I pondered on this dangerousbut irresistable pastimeI took a heavenly ride through our silenceI knew the moment had arrivedFor killing the past and coming back to lifeI took a heavenly ride through our silenceI knew the waiting had begunAnd headed straight... into the shining sonKeep TalkingFor millions of years mankind lived just like the animalsThen something happenedwhich unleashed the power of our imaginationWe learned to talkThere's a silence surrounding meI can't seem to think straightI'll sit in the cornerNo one can bother meI think I should speak now(Why won't you talk to me)I can't seem to speak now (You never talk to me)My words won't come out right(What are you thinking)I feel like I'm drowning(What are you feeling)I'm feeling weak now(Why won't you talk to me)But I can't show my weakness(You never talk to me)I sometimes wonder (What are you thinking)Where do we go from here (What are you feeling)It doesn't have to be like thisAll we need to dois make sure we keep talkingWhy won't you alk to me(I feel like I'm drowning)You never talk to me(You know I can't breathe now)What are you thinking(We're going nowhere)What are you feeling(We're going nowhere)Why won't you talk to meYou never talk to meWhat are you thinkingWhere do we go from hereIt doesn't have to be like thisAll we need to dois make sure we keep talkingLost for WordsI was spending my time in the doldrumsI was caught in a cauldron of hateI felt persecuted and paralysedI thought that everythign else would just waitWhile you are wasting your time on your enemiesEngulfed in a fever of spiteBeyond your tunnel vision, reality fadesLike shadows into the nightTo martyr yourself to cautionIs not going to help at allBecause there'll be no safety in numbersWhen the Right One walks out of the doorCan you see your days blighted by darkness?Is it true you beat your fists on the floor?Stuck in a world of isolationWhile the ivy grows over your doorSo I opened my door to my enemiesAnd I ask could we wipe the slate cleanBut they tell me to please go fuck myselfYou know you just can't winHigh HopesBeyond the horizon of the place we livedwhen we were youngIn a world of magnets and miraclesOur thoughts strayedconstantly and without boundaryThe ringing of the division bell had begunAlong the Long Road and on down the CausewayDo they still meet there by the Cut?There was a ragged band that followed in our footstepsRunning before time tookour dreams awayLeaving the myriad small creaturestrying to tie us to the groundTo a life consumed by slow decayThe grass was greenerThe light was brighterWith friends surroundedThe nights of wonderLooking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind usTo a glimpse of how green it was on the other sideSteps taken forwards but sleepwalking back againDragged by the force of some inner tideAt a higher altitude with flag unfurledWe reached the dizzy heightsof that dreamed of worldEncumbered forever by desire and ambitionThere's a hunger still unsatisfiedOur weary eyes still stray to the horizonThough down this road we've been so many timesThe grass was greenerThe light was brighterThe taste was sweeterThe nights of wonderWith friends surroundedThe dawn mist glowingThe water flowingThe endless riverForever and ever
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