The Tea Party Album

Is it safe to look within
And to erase all that's been
And all that's been between
Is it gone, tell me what went wrong
'cause baby I'm not that strong

And I'm walking wounded
All Alone

Are you comfortable and numb
Do they all succumb to all those lies
Does it satisfy the greed
Is it all you need
Is it all you want
'cause baby I'm not that strong

And I'm walking wounded
All Alone

If your memories do stray
Then they'll betray all that's past
And all that's been between
Is it gone tell me what went wrong
'cause baby I'm not that strong

Driven by restrained desire
I want what I need
Shacking as her sex takes hold
I've lost all control

Drowning in a sea of rage
I taste the embrace
Helpless as it steals my soul
I've lost all control

We exist in a world where the fear of
Iillusion is real
And we cling to the past to deny and confuse
The ideal
Once inside, we can conceive and believe in a god
we can't feel

Destined by a fate so cruel
And drugged to delight
Laughing as these lies unfold
I've lost all control

Temptation
It never lets me down
Temptation
One foot in the ground
Temptation
You satisfy my soul
Temptation

Got a letter from a messenger
I read it when it came
It said that you were wounded
You were bound and chained
You had love and you were handled
You were poisoned you were pained
Oh no you were naked
You were shamed

You could almost touch heaven
Right there in front of you
Liberty just slipped away on us
Now there's so much work to do
Oh the door that closes tightly
Is the door than can swing wide
Oh no not expecting to collide

For a minute I let my guard down
Not afraid to be found out
I completely forgot dear
What our fears were all about
Oh no there's no need to be without

If there's a chance I would take it
This desire I can't kill
Take my heart please don't break it
I will crawl to your foothill

I'm frightened but I'm coming
Please baby please lay still

You wanted this
So sad to see
The sweet decay
Of ecstasy

And you want it all

A frozen sun,
Will guide you there
As shadows hide
The deep despair

I'll give you something more
And you'll fade away
One last kiss before
You fade away.

So sleep tonight,
In idle dreams
The pain will drown,
Your silent screams

And you want it all

I'll give you something more
And you'll fade away
One last kiss before
You fade away
Lives you once adored
will fade away
Lies you can't ignore
You soon repay

When the winter was over
She returned there to find him
And her memories filled her with light

She remembered the beauty
She remembered desires
And her memories filled her with light

I am the sun in the flame
Cold from the flame turns away
And in these winds came a change
She awakes...

Sister walk through these fields of delight
But I want you to know
Desperation's the tenderest trap
So gently you go
What will it take
Sister awake

When this beautiful cult of desire
Has left you for dead
Isolation will cradle the lies
Of things left unsaid
What will it take
Sister awake

And you'll look to the heavens above
And taste it's deceit
These temptations have blinded desires
To sleep at their feet
What will it take
Sister awake

And you'll hear them call out your name
Invoking the fates
Chances are you've travelled too far
In stirring their hate
What will it take
Sister awake

Silence swimming in a pool of dreams
Beneath its depths the forgotten streams
Above, the city of the evening star
Behind its walls, the grand bazaar
As she walks through its endless maze
Cursing those who mistrust her ways
Please my friend no matter what she sees
Tell my lover come back to me

Doorways spilling out their sombre light
Casting shadows that will raid the night
Along the alleys of her ruling fears
Walk the visions that will cause her tears
Lying still as she wills her glance
Through the eyes of a charmers trance
Please my friend no matter what she sees
Tell my lover come back to me

And on the walls
Shadows play
Twilight souls
Anguished ways
Lost adrift
Severed seas
I await you

I must leave you tonight my love
Remain so faithfully
I must go off to war my dear
The kings await me
I will go so far away
I will always love you
But you knew

I regret to tell you
Your man has died tonight
He was a brave man
He fought a brave fight
He was killed by the other side
He was killed by the other men's knives
She said save me

Why must you love this man
He is your brother
This is easy to understand my son
There is no other
I cannot pretend to love this man
Like my father
I cannot pretend
Mother there is no other

She said save me

When there is no truth
Let's end this lie tonight
This is easy to understand
Without your best fight
But I see a new sun rising in the east
But I see a new sun rising in the east
She said save me

You stay
Silent, knowing, always in time
See how this love stays divine
Sleep here
Hoping, knowing, always in time
See how the love stays divine

And I'm waiting
when I return to her I find
I'm waiting
Flowers of evil in my mind
And I'm waiting
Dancing with fire on the edge
I'm waiting
Remembering all of what she said
And I'm waiting
Hoping the rains will wash away
I'm waiting
Hoping a guide will show the way
And I'm waiting
Dancing with fire on the edge
I'm waiting
Remembering all of what she said

I want the world to wake
I want to give you peace
I want to vindicate
You need to be released

Don't want to hurt you
I need to make you see
If I desert you
Its just to make you see

That I'm a man that's weak
And I'm a man that's lost
I give it all away
To complicate the cost

Don't want to hurt you
I need to make you see
If I desert you
Its just to make you see
I'm not going to hurt you now
I need to make you see
If I desert you now
Its just to make you see

I want you to be free

With nothing to lose you'd waste away
Obscure in exile
They've witnessed the times
You've gone astray
Whose fault? now you're thinking...

There's nothing to prove
A message from the crowd
To the shore...

And it feels now
Just like heaven's coming down
Your soul shakes free
As its conscience hits the ground

So strange are the ways,
They all have changed
Still life it stays the same
A break from the past
Could make it last
Maybe just a little longer

There's nothing to prove
A message from the crowd
To the shore...

You surrender
Love under will
Rest assured you're adored

And it feels now
Just lie heaven's coming down
Your soul shakes free
As its conscience hits the ground
This time, no tears,
Just one last chance to see you prove
Stay strong, no fears
There is a change that's
Coming through
Hold on my love

Sailing down, down the Styx again,
Without you my love, I want to return but then,
I see all my friends, they want me to join but then,
They all melt away, without you alone.

And the river's running through my veins.
Lately she don't seem the same.
And the blood keeps calling out my name.

I pass by the sins, left by a different man,
The tides brought them here, cast by a different hand.
And the wisps of the winds, blow with the Styx again.
Pushing me on, without you alone.

And the river's running through my veins.
Lately she don't seem the same.
And the blood keeps calling out my name.

And the river running down
And the river running down
And the river running down
And the river

My will must be strong, to rise with a different light.
My will must belong, I'm still pushing for different heights.
And the wisps of the winds blow with the Styx again.
The river runs red, and I'm left alone.

And the river's running thru my veins.
Lately she don't seem the same.
And the blood keeps calling out my name.
And the river's running.

Now that the thrill of the massacre is over
Isn't it sweet when she sucks on your veins
I've waited so long

I roll back the stone just to see
What I'm missing
Glimpses of grandeurr now faced with defeat
I've waited so long

Now that your kingdom of Babylon's fading
where will you turn when you can't find
Your soul
I've waited so long

Salvation's at hand,
Its a matter of taste dear
Lost in ideals you found in the trash

I see you walking
you're a miracle on earth
and I've been tempted
but now my will won't stray

so please say you stay
you know that I'm a good man
it's gonna take a little time
if you waiting on a sign

I know I've hurt you
I won't hurt you anymore
your tears have spoken
I wanna wash your tears away
so please say you'll stay
I swear that I'm a good man
it's gonna take a little time
if you're waiting on a sign
And I remember
like a martyr in the moonlight
this resistance now be shall overcome

so please say you stay
I swear that I'm a good man
it's gonna take a little time
if you waiting on a sign

And if it pleases you my love
I'll get on my knees and
if you leave with me my love
take this pain away

please say you'll stay
I swear that I'm a good man
it's just takes a little time

See this lifeline in chains
Safe resistance restrains
Listless lover of stars
Makes me wonder how far, you've come

All you've learnt
You've forgotten
You desperate soul
You're lost again

Can't help feeling betrayed
Nothing's come from the grave
Helpless angel of fate
How much longer to wait?

All you've learnt
You've forgotten
You desperate soul
You're lost again

Don't you see, all this time?
Takes away, takes the place up, up above?
Can't you see light here, and it's shining?
Look around, I'll be waiting love

Crushed by lies in the dark
Helped them tear you apart
Listless lover of stars
It makes me wonder how far, you've come

All you've learnt
You've forgotten
You desperate soul
You're lost again

Don't you see all this time
Takes away, takes the place, up, up above?
Can't you see light here, and it's shining?
Look around I'll be waiting love

Don't you see all this time
Takes away, takes the place, up, up above?
Can't you see light here, and it's shining?

I see a red door
and I want it painted black
No colors anymore
I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head
until my darkness goes

I see a line of cars
and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love,
both never to come back
I see people turn their heads
and quickly look away
Like a newborn baby
it just happens ev'ryday

I look inside myself
and see my heart is black
I see my red door
and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away
and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not forsee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the setting sun
My love will laugh with me before the morning comes


I see a red door
and I want it painted black
No colors anymore
I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

Hmm, hmm, hmm...
I wanna see it painted black,
painted black
Black as night,
black as coal
I wanna see the sun,
blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black