ARTIZAN LYRICS

1. Trade The World

I have rings of gold, a wealth untold
I've traveled everywhere
I've staked my claim upon this land
As far as you can see

The luxuries that I possess
Won't guard me from despair
I hold this world inside my hand
But it's not enough for me

I'd trade it all - if I could fly
I'd trade it all - if I could fly
Ride the winds - forever high
I'd trade it all - if I could fly

The truth be told, I'm growing old
Skies are turning grey
The sands of time are running fast
And soon I'll disappear

The fortune of my legacy
Can't buy another day
I only hope my soul is cast
Into the stratosphere

I'd trade it all - if I could fly
I'd trade it all - if I could fly
Ride the winds - forever high
I'd trade it all - if I could fly

Ride the thermals
Climbing eternal

2. Rise

Fear has cast a shadow upon me
Madness is at bay
The demons that reside in my mind are reforming
I hope I can keep them away

they won't let up

When they beat me down I always rise back up
When they beat me down I always rise back up

Circumstance has scarred my conviction
Ambitions worn and frayed
Energy relentlessly flowing
I'm tortured by the dreams I have made

they won't let up

When they beat me down I always rise back up
When they beat me down I always rise back up

Take back undying vision
Turn the gears of regression
Face what I believe
Free my destiny

they won't let up

When they beat me down I always rise back up
When they beat me down I always rise back up

3. The Man In Black

The man in black looks in my eyes
My true emotion compromised
A burning rage is all I feel
My darkest thoughts are soon revealed

He waits until the anger builds
The cup of evil has been filled
I swallow all that I can bear
The man in black is everywhere

When I can't contain
The anger and the pain
He takes me to the bottom then pulls me back
Every time I bleed
He gives me what I need
The only friend I have is the man in black

Searching for some clarity
His venom is my therapy
Forget the things that you've been told
The man in black will free your soul

- The man in black

When I can't contain
The anger and the pain
He takes me to the bottom then pulls me back
Every time I bleed
He gives me what I need
The only friend I have is the man in black

- The man in black

I've learned to live with all the pain
A little madness keeps me sane
And when it's more than I can stand
The man in black will take my hand

When I can't contain
The anger and the pain
He takes me to the bottom then pulls me back
Every time I bleed
He gives me what I need
The only friend I have is the man in black

4. Fire

There's a fire that burns in my heart
It's been calling me from the start
Time can't take the dreams I have made
There's a fire that burns in my heart

Pushing forward through all the years
Manifesting hope in my fears
Clutching the dreams I've betrayed
Utilizing what still remains

Once a victim of the machine
Staying true to what I've foressen
Heed the calling of my true art
There's a fire that burns in my heart

My true path
Will not fade
I will thrive
Seize the day

Through my dreams
I will fly
Wings of fate
Touch the sky

The fire is calling me
I'm yearning eternally

There's a fire that burns in my heart
It's been calling me from the start
Time can't take the dreams I have made
There's a fire that burns in my heart

There's a fire that burns in my heart
It's been calling me from the start
Time can't take the dreams I have made
There's a fire that burns in my heart

The fire is calling me
I'm yearning eternally

5. Fading Story

Do you pray out of fear when you're lonely?
Can a handful of tears make the hurting subside?
Are the walls of serenity falling?
Will a savior of sanity hear all you cries?

There's a fading story
Hidden deep within your mind
Seek the fading story
There's a magic you will find

Will lifetime of agony haunt you?
Does a mountain of memories stand in your way?
Your future is holding the answer
It's calling you, calling you don't turn away

There's a fading story
Hidden deep within your mind
Seek the fading story
There's a magic you will find

There's a stream in the valley of sadness
Flowing forever behind a closed eye
There's a scene that destroying the madness
It is showing the answers that keep dreams alive

There's a fading story
Hidden deep within your mind
Seek the fading story
There's a magic you will find

6. Game Within A Game

I've fallen for the game
I'l never be the same
In order to survive
I'll fill your head with lies

You'll see... I've planned so carefully
The future's in the making

Believe... so easy to deceive
It's all mine for the taking

Now I'm able to acquire
The fortunes I desire
Consumed with only greed
I cast a lonely seed

Throughout mans history
We rape prosperity
In the end we're all the same
We all must play the game

You'll see... I've planned so carefully
The future's in the making

Believe... so easy to deceive
It's all mine for the taking

The strong persevere
The weak disappeaame within a game

The blackness inside
It keeps us alive
We're playing the game within a game

The strong persevere
The weak disappaer
We're playing the game within a game

The countless deceived
The stories I've weaved
I'm playing the game within a game

7. Torment

[Instrumental]

8. Curse Of The Artizan

A man with awesome power
He reaches for his pen
The urge is growing stronger
The visions won't go away

The years of tamed resentment
Bound by obscurity
The gift that is his birthright
A craft to set him free

A canvas holds his anger
The granite fear and shame
Each brush stroke painting fury
The chisel unlocks the pain

Within the illustrations
Their certain tragedy
The beast delivers vengeance
You cannot contain the

- Curse of the Artizan

Through the years he sealed away
Grief that caused his slow decay
Tortured by a mind confined
Casting shadows over time

Magnificent creations
Will tear your world apart
Unleashing devastation
You cannot escape the

- Curse of the Artizan







ARTIZAN LYRICS