IAN PARRY LYRICS

1. House Of Cards

[Verse]
To rush around in circles, it shows
Where others simply stroll
And in this life when did you ever think twice
Once so long ago

[Bridge]
Another chance, another risk you thirst
You can't afford
A solid ground, on walls we have to build at first
Or down they'll fall

[Chorus]
Stay awake, in the house of cards
Stay awake, there won't be a warning

[Verse]
Strange how situations unfold
Just when you least expected
An' on the surface everything may seem nice
Beneath you're unprotected

[Bridge]
Your uncontrolable desires, rare
Will take their toll
Don't underestimate the power, of life we share
Think first before

[Repeat chorus]
[Solo]
[Repeat chorus]

2. Banquet For Thieves

[Verse]
The law is the truth
But the truth about the law can change
What's good for some of us
I wouldn't like to recommend it

Some may work hard, all the hours god gave
While others bend the rules
To mold into, a cruel advantage

[Bridge]
What is democracy
Without real justice for all
Societies legacy, protects them more and more

[Chorus]
They're laughing at us all
Their lies are accepted
It's a banquet for thieves

[Verse]
Defenders of the faith
More preposterous by the day
A distant empathy
From our parallactic view we remain

Can we sustain
A phenomenon in disarray
Once they cross, into our world
We're pages in the book, of misery

[Repeat Bridge & Chorus]
[Solo]
[Repeat Chorus]

[Ad-libs:]
The law is the truth

3. Evilworld

[Verse]
I'm slowly losin' them, the few friends that I had
All attempts to win them back
Have been to no avail

[Bridge]
Wasted years, wasted yesterdays

[Chorus]
Am I living in an evilworld
Have I been living in a daze

[Verse]
I wept a silent tear,
As one by one they turned away
I've built a wall around myself
Invisable but safe

[Bridge]
Wasted years [backing vocals]
An empire built on immorial grounds
May come crashing down

[Chorus]
If I search inside my mind
What shall I find
Am I living in an evilworld
I'm afraid to open - up my eyes
The truth I'll find
Is it me who built this evil place

[Middle-8:]
Have I broke the golden rule
To sacrifice all my friends
When I lie, cheat, and fool
I'm lyin' to myself

[Chorus]

[Ad-libs:]
Will I ever search inside my mind
Is it real 'am I livin' in an evil world

4. Garden Of Eden

[Verse]
I'm surrounded by hatred
It's destroying my soul, an evolutionary sin
Is it part of our D.N.A.
This aggression nature within

[Bridge]
A hundred thousand years
And still we can not learn, to live amongst ourselves
Together peaceably, without the need to kill

[Chorus]
I wanna be, somewhere else
Wish I could find, my garden of eden
Perfectly, by myself
Locked inside, my garden of eden

[Verse]
To suffer indifference, you don't have a voice
Such unaccountability
Is a misconceptional way
Created a wave of rage

[Repeat Bridge & Chorus]
[Solo]
[Repeat Chorus]

[Ad-libs:]
Locked inside... by myself

5. The Entity

[Instrumental]

6. Change Breeds Contempt

[Verse]
See how we waste our enegy
To protect our lives our primal instinct
Insignificant ways... paramount
There must be more than this
It's like a reservoir of hate

[Bridge]
All indifference, signifies
We're unprepared, for change
No reluctance is, very rare
When shall we walk, in one direction

[Chorus]
Change breeds contempt, and misery
When you fight it, we're history
Change breeds contempt, instinctively
Have faith not, hostility

[Verse]
It's hard to reach society
The methods they all praise, inspires complacency
Is this why we're so afraid

[Repeat Bridge & Chorus]

7. A Miracle Is All We Need

[Verse]
Throughout my life, I've travelled around
It's time to stop and say
A miracle... is what we need

I know it seems hard this way
I'm not the one who made, these fatal rules
We live by every day

[Bridge]
It isn't make believe
The images are real

[Chorus]
A miracle, is all we need
A miracle, as time keeps, it keeps tickin'

[Verse]
It's true someone should say
I didn't wanna be the one, to tell the truth
While others turn away

[Repeat Bridge]

[Chorus]
A miracle, is all we need
A miracle, as time keeps, it keeps tickin'
A miracle, to help us see
A miracle, 'cos time just keeps on slipping away

[Solo]

[Repeat Chorus]

[Ad-libs:]
Time keeps tickin' on

8. The Snake

[Verse]
Like the snake
You crawled around
Now nobody likes you
Constantly sneakin' about

[Bridge]
Where is it written
Be cruel to be kind

[Chorus]
Don't pity, don't you pity me
Not a single friend in sight
No pity please, luck is running out
They're all to blame

[Verse]
So much hate
You've wondered why
Such an obvious answer
The friends that you had, you'd buy

[Repeat Bridge & Chorus]

[Bridge]
Your skin keeps on changing
You think like the snake

[Solo]
[Repeat Chorus]

[Ad-libs:]
They're all to blame... it isn't me

9. Criminals & Kings

[Verse]
If I play the waiting game
When the world's not waiting 'round for me
How will I achieve the things
Others seem so easily to reach
...Why must this be?

[Bridge]
Is this somebody elses dream
'Cos I'm unable to see my face
No motivation
Bashing my head on the concrete floor

[Chorus]
Criminals, acting like kings
Criminals, acting like, criminals and kings

[Verse]
Citizens with empty heads
Second class that's how we're meant to stay
All caged up like animals
Just keep 'em fed, and they'll do as you please
...Why must this be?

[Repeat Bridge & Chorus]

[Ad-libs:]
You know your place... Don't believe a word!

10. Chain Of Fear

[Verse]
You've stood alone, patiently
Your only crime, a different point of view
Taught to fight, too stand your ground
A way of life, integrity so real

[Bridge]
Amidst the pain and the suffering
Exists a faith and a heart, that's made of steel
To break the chain of fear

[Chorus]
To the millions of People, alone and scared
It's time to face your fear
We all possess the strength
In time, it will appear
To break the chain of fear

[Verse]
You've been, lookin' for a way
An' searching for your dreams
All the time the answer is there
As clear as day, but you're blinded by fear

[Bridge]
No hiding in shame
You're strong enough, to stand-up for yourself
I know, I seen it before

[Repeat Chorus]

[Ad-libs:]
It's up to you, Keep on going, there's no-use to run away
Keep in goin', don't hide in shame, break the chain of fear

[Backing vocals]
You've gotta keep on going
You've passed the point of no return

11. Pandora's Box

[Verse]
A simple explanation
Can often clear the doubt
Which some of us can feel
Should we let, sleeping dogs lie

Inside the mind exists
A fragile breeding place, for ignorance and fear
Which shelters the shame

[Bridge]
No-one, person is ever the same
No-one, person is ever to blame

[Chorus]
[backing vocal] Slowly, slowly
No matter what the cost, secrets exposed
Slowly, slowly
A pandora's box, is harder to close

[Verse]
The evil that men do, the hidden secrets
Aren't they better left alone
So why, prolong the pain

[Repeat Bridge & Chorus]

[Middle-8:]
Don't search any deeper
If pandora has wings.. then there's no turning back

[Solo]

[Repeat Chorus]

12. Humanitarian

[Verse]
Ever felt a breeze, cold
Running down your spine
Not a single soul, in sight
Then someone's spirit is walking, over your grave

[Bridge]
D' you really care, no time to spare, to help along
Don't judge me wrong, I belong
As a Humanitarian

[Chorus]
Fools, can't be told
What to do, they learn the hard way
Only fools, won't be shown, what's the use
They learn the hard way.

[Verse]
Please, go away, don't bother me I'm working
When I can find, the time
If you just wait a while longer
A few years, then I'll help

[Bridge]
You roam around, wasting time
And never think twice
Make up your mind, step in line
Humanitarian

[Repeat Chorus]

[Outro:]
Fool's can't be shown [repeat]

13. Change Breeds Concept (Demo Version)

IAN PARRY LYRICS