Schmedley Wilcox (Live)

I. "Trial of Tears" - 8:20
[I. IT'S RAINING]
Under the sun, there is nothing to hide
Under the moon, the stranger waits inside
People disappear
The music fades away
Splashing through the rain
I'll dream with them one day
It's raining, raining,
On the streets of New York city
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven.

I may have wasted all those years
They're not worth their time in tears
I may have spent too long in darkness
In the warmth of my fears.

Take a look at yourself
Not at anyone else
And tell me what you see
I know the air is cold
I know the streets are cruel
But I'll enjoy the ride today.

It's raining, raining
On the streets of New York city
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven.

I may have wasted all those years
They're not worth their time in tears
I may have spent too long in darkness
In the warmth of my fears.

As I walk through all my myths
Rising and sinking like the waves
With my thoughts wrapped around me
Through a trial of tears.

Hidden by disguise, stumbling in a world
Feeling uninspired, he gets into his car
Not within his eyes to see, open up, open up
Not much better than the man you hate.

[II. DEEP IN HEAVEN] (Instrumental)

[III. THE WASTELAND]
Still awake
I continue to move along
Cultivating my own nonsense
Welcome to the wasteland
Where you'll find ashes, nothing but ashes
Still awake
Bringing change, bringing movement
Bringing life
A silent prayer thrown away
Disappearing in the air
Rising, sinking, raining deep inside me
Nowhere to turn
I look for a way back home
It's raining, raining, raining deep in heaven.
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II. "Finally Free" - 2:22
[Hypnotist:]
You are once again surrounded by a brilliant white light
Allow the light to lead you away from your past and into this lifetime
As the light dissipates you will slowly fade back into
consciousness, remembering all you have learned
When I tell you to open your eyes you will return to the present
Feeling peaceful and refresh
Open your eyes Nicholas.

[Miracle:]
Friday evening
The blood still on my hands
To think that she would leave me now
For that ungrateful man
Sole survivor
No witness to the crime
I must act fast to cover up
I think that there`s still time
He`d seem hopeless and lost with this note
They`ll buy into the words that I wrote
This feeling
Inside me
Finally found my love
I`ve finally broke free
No longer
Torn in two
I`d take my own life before losing you.

[Victoria:]
Feeling good this Friday afternoon
I ran into Julian
Said we'd get together soon
He`s always had my heart
He needs to know
I`ll break free of the Miracle
It`s time for him to go
This feeling
Inside me
Finally found my love
I`ve finally broke free
No longer
Torn in two
He`d kill his brother if he only knew
Their love renewed
They`d rendezvous
In a pathway out of view
They thought no one knew
Then came a shot out of the night
"Open your eyes, Victoria".

[Sleeper:]
One last time
We'll lay down today
One last time
Until we fade away
One last time
We'll lay down today
One last time
We fade away
As their bodies lie still
And the ending draws near
Spirits rise through the air
All their fears disappear
It all becomes clear
A blinding light comes into view
An old soul exchanged for a new
Familiar voice comes shining through.

[Nicholas:]
This feeling
Inside me
Finally found my life
I`m finally free
No longer
Torn in two
I learned about my life by living through you
This feeling
Inside me
Finally found my life
I`ve finally free
No longer
Torn in two
Living my own life by learning from you
We`ll meet again my friend
Someday soon.

[CNN report:]
"... their lead story
all anticipating the outcome of the man considered to be a member of American nobility
And as you can imagine, as the skies have grown darker
here over Washington
The moon has grown darker as well and people here are
beginning to resign themselves to the possibility that they are
witnessing yet another tragedy in a long string of misfortunes
Reaction from everywhere, from Washington and certainly
from around the world has guess..."

[Hypnotist:]
"Open your eyes, Nicholas'"

[Nicholas:]
"AAAH!"
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III. "Learning To Live" - 1:54

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IV. "In the Name of God" - 4:46
How can this be?
Why is he the chosen one?

Saint gone astray
With a scepter and a gun.

Learn to believe
In the mighty and the strong.

Come bleed the beast
Follow me it won't be long.

Listen when the prophet
Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God.

Passion
Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God.

Straight is the path
Leading to your salvation
Slaying the weak
Ethnic elimination.

Any day we'll all be
Swept away
You'll be saved
As long as you obey.

Lies
Tools of the devil inside
Written in Holy disguise
Meant to deceive and divide
Us all.

Listen when the prophet
Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God.

Passion
Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God.

Blurring the lines
Between virtue and sin
They can't tell
Where God ends
And mankind begins.

They know no other
Life but this
From the cradle
They are claimed.

Listen when the prophet
Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God.

Passion
Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God.

Hundreds of believers
Lured into a doomsday cult
All would perish
In the name of God.

Self-proclaimed messiah
Led his servants
To their death
Eighty murdered
In the name of God.

Forty sons and daughters
Un-consenting plural wives
Perversions
In the name of God.

Underground religion
Turning toward
The mainstream light
Blind devotion
In the name of God.

Justifying violence
Citing from the Holy Book
Teaching hatred
In the name of God.

Listen when the prophet
Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God.

Passion
Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God.

Religious beliefs
Fanatic obsession
Does following faith
Lead us to violence?

Unyielding crusade
Divine revelation
Does following faith
Lead us to violence?

[Chant:]
Mine eyes have seen the glory
of the coming of the Lord
he is trampling out the vintage
where the grapes of wrath are stored
he hath loosed the fateful lightning
of his terrible swift sword
his truth is marching on.

glory, glory, hallelujah
glory, glory, hallelujah
glory, glory, hallelujah...
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V. "Octavarium: V - Razor's Edge" - 3:54
We move in circles
Balanced all the while
On a gleaming razor's edge.

A perfect sphere
Colliding with our fate
This story ends where it began.