Asia Album

(Downes/Payne)

You can take it
If you want it
You can break it
If you need it

I'll never fight another day
But you can take the flesh not the soul away
They're calling from the lions den
They're fighting for the ghosts of holy men

Into the arena we climb
We look to the sky
Into the arena we climb
You and I

Is it over
When the light goes?
Bella nova
Tell me who knows

Scars will beat the minds of men
Can you feel the thorns upon the skin?
I'll never fight another day till I die

{Chorus}
Yes I hear you
Yes I see you
Yes I feel you
And I need you

Is it over, I'll never fight another day
When the light goes?
But you can take the flesh, not the soul away
Bella nova, they're calling from the lions den
Tell me who knows?
They're fighting for the souls of holy men

{chorus}

(Downes/Payne)

In the distance, I can see them
On the trade winds, across stormy seas.
They are many, please believe me,
There's something to find,
There's someplace here deep inside of my mind.

There is a time where,
There is no place here.
Tell me if you get there...
Heaven

Can you see this land I'm dreaming?
Such a place, I hope we will find.
Is it there now? Tell me where now,
'Cos I need to know.
Believe... It's still deep inside of my mind.

There is a time where,
There is no place here.
Tell me if you get there...
Heaven

(Downes/Payne)

Laser, breathing on my window
Two strings, beating out of time
Koto, warning of the danger
Wake up, is your head still mine?

Now they give you reasons
To fight for love

That's enough
In a paper world
That's enough
Said the Chinese girl
That's enough
Another city falls
Just because we're two sides of the moon

Data, streaming through my window
Chrome stars, whispering their lies
Black sky, hides approaching stranger
Reach out, two should now be one

Disregard the reasons
And look above

That's enough
In a paper world
That's enough
Said the Siamese girl
That's enough
Another city falls
Just because we're two sides of the moon

(Downes/Payne)

Standing on the border,
Waiting on the line.
Silence is a stranger,
In these troubled times.
I recall a better place,
Where I controlled my mind.
We had no fears at all...
The day before the war.

Hands across the water,
The sun is in the East.
Who will feed the famine
After lions feast?
In the name of Jesus,
In the name of God,
You took it all in vain...
The day before the war.

Standing on the border,
Waiting on the line.
Feet in bloody water,
Deafened by the crime.
I recall the beauty,
Young will never see.
We had no fears at all...
The day before the war.

Hearts across the water,
The sun is in the East.
Ships arrived this morning,
From the burning sea.
Take away the glory,
Take away the pain.
You were a friend of mine...
The day before the war.

(Downes/Payne)

It seems such a long year
Since our eyes last met.
You were a lone child,
I have no regrets.

Oh, you know sometimes how I wonder,
If I am a fool.
The rocks that are pulling me under
Are heading a fall.

Don't be afraid
You're not alone, now
By the guard of angels
A new rock will rise
As mountains cut sky, now
Heaven knows

Never, Never,
I could never lose my faith in you
(could I ever break my faith to you)
Never, Never,
Will I ever turn my back on you

You must be strong now
And stand as a man.
As I will be leaving,
Leaving this land.

Sometimes I wonder,
If I am a fool.
The rocks that are pulling me under
Are heading a fall.

Turn my back on you

(Downes/Payne)

Another meltdown,
Another change of state.
Some other big town,
Where he can make his break.

And she said, "No, I like it this way."
And he said, "Oh, does this mean I can stay?"

I feel like I'm just caving in
I really do
And what is to be must be

Help me, now I'm falling
Give me early warning
Help me, I'm in danger, over you

So how you feeling?
You know it's not too late.
Don't hold your head down,
You must recuperate.

And she said, "No, I like it this way."
And he said, "Oh, does this mean I can stay?"

I feel like I'm just caving in
I really do
And what is to be must be

Help me, now I'm falling
Give me early warning
Help me, I'm in danger, over you

(Downes/Payne/Ibrahim)

Don't tell me what you are
Don't tell me what you're after
Don't tell me what you want
Don't tell me what you need
Aren't you just the one to always point the finger
I don't care for you 'cos you don't care for me !

U bring me down........repeat

COUNTER RAP
U bring me down/You're giving me no hope
Sucking off our land/Blowing off the smoke
Virus in the veins/That run into the sea
Poisoning the world/With you're generosity

U bring me down/You're killing me with lies
You take away our ears/ Won't take away my eyes
The red red sea will return unto the vein
Covering the world/Are you happy with your gain

REFRAIN

I could breathe, I could fly
The day before you came
(Think you own my skin now)
Break the chains, free the slave
Turn the tides against you now

Talking to the sky
You promise evolution
Progression of the mind
By selling of the soul
The last will be the first
In the dust of revolution

Someone cares for me
But no one cares for you

REFRAIN 2

Will I breathe? Will I see?
Far beneath the clearest stream
(To the deepest ocean)
Break the chains, free the slaves
Give back the blood, that you drain from this world now

(Downes/Payne)

Tell me why,
I don't believe in you.
I don't believe it's true.
I don't believe in you.

Happens nearly every time,
If you let them, they'll control your mind,
Yes your mind.

But that was only yesterday,
So you had to wash your head in hate.
In hate, in hate.

Tell me why,
I don't believe in you.
I don't believe it's true.
I don't believe in you.

Shall we stand against the wind?
Staring at the justice of their sins,
Their sins.

What have they done to live this way?
In a modern world, the fragile pay
They pay, oh yes they pay.

Tell me why,
I don't believe in you.
I don't believe it's true.
I don't believe in you.

(Downes/Payne/Sturgis)

Took the ground,
From underneath my feet.
Silent town,
Ghosts this empty street.

I see the home that once was mine,
Now just bones of former life.
Touch this page of sacred time, again,
I see you call...

You don't have to be strong for me.
I won't shoot your defences down.
Whatever happens, I want you to see
We can face it together.
And turn it around.

A new life
Grows within his hands.
Coming back
To this promised land.

And with these bones we will rebuild,
To the flesh of future life.
Giving back that sacred time, again...

You don't have to be strong for me.
I won't shoot your defences down.
Whatever happens, I want you to see,
We can face it together.
And turn it around.

(Downes/Payne)

It's down your wire, it's on your screen
Pirate satellite, next to MTV
Insert your hand, subscription free
It's reality

Put on the suit, connect the chord
Free mind of city life, just ecstasy
Don't block the flow, only you can see
Your reality

And as the programme runs surely to the screen
You can't hold back, you're in

Reality - so virtual
Reality - machinery
Designed by me, but physical
Reality, just anything you want to see

Is it wrong it's in your mind
Banned by the chosen ones, how they rule your life
Exit that page, enter brave new world
From reality

And as the programme runs surely to the screen
You can't hold back, you're in

Reality - so virtual
Reality - machinery
Designed by me, but physical
Reality, just anything you want to see