RISE AND SHINE LYRICS

1. Empty Hand

Do I have to ruin everything that's good?
Can't keep my mouth shut when I should
What seems so easy from a distant view
scares you shitless closing up on you

Here we go again
Back to zero once again
I just don't understand
how I make that turn
from full house to empty hand

Do I have to ruin everything that's good
I can't keep my mouth shut when I should
It all seems so easy from a distant view
But it scares you shitless closing up on you

Here we go again
back to zero once again
I just don't understand
how I make that turn
from full house to empty hand

2. Empty Words

If you've always been a fighter
although you tend to lose
If you always lit a new hope
and now you've lost the glow
When all the words are empty
When nothing reaches inside
When you heard your voice so many times
that it has lost its shine

Oh, where can you turn to?
What can you do?
When pain doesn't hurt no more
Tell me is that bad, is that all?

If you always held your head high
although you've been a step behind
If you always knew you'd get there
and now you've lost the track
When all the dreams have faded
When nothing seems to touch you anymore
When the pictures and the truths you told
got lost along the road

Oh, where can you turn to?
What can you do?
When pain doesn't hurt no more
Tell me is that bad, is that all?

If you always had it in you
although it's been hard to grab
If you always were so certain
and now you start to doubt
When reality's there to haunt you
When you are turning scared
When you realize you lost the faith
and that was all you had

3. In The Arms Of Death

I didn't wanna do it
But I did it anyway
My mama said I blew it
But I said screw it babe

You know lately I've done a lot of thinking
Though most of the time I've been drinking
You got to give it what you got
or you might as well not
When I'm over the top remind me not to forget
that I have no regrets
in the arms of death

You said you all knew it
That I had to pay
But I won't get down and pray
No it's a game I choose to play

You know lately I've done a lot of thinking
Though most of the time I've been drinking
You got to give it what you got
or you might as well not
So please remind me not to forget
that I have no regrets
in the arms of death

4. I Don't Belong

Don't wanna be here
Don't wanna be here
I don't belong here
No I don't belong
All of this is wrong
Got to turn my back and run
No room for me here
Not room for me here
I cannot breathe here
No I need some space
Got to turn to someplace safe
Where I can be myself
Nothing said, nothing to hear
Nothing done, nothing to fear
Didn't say anything, took no stand
Left me with nothing but empty hands

5. Someone Else's Share

Sell yourself to get what you need
Pocket your pride and keep up with the speed
The only one to blame is you - if you lose
Winner or loser - you're the one to choose

No, no, nothing is fair
No, no, nothing is fair
'Cause what you get is always someone else's share
What you take is someone else's share

We all get our share and all this is mine
So stand in the line and please keep behind
'Cause baby you're a beggar
and that will keep you down
They say we all get a fair chance
and you turned your down

But what if nothing is fair
No, no, nothing is fair
What if what I get is someone else's share?
What I take is someone else's share?

No, no, nothing is fair
No, no, nothing is fair
'Cause what you get is always someone else's share
What you take is someone else's share

6. King Cliff

I wanted to be rich enough
to live like a loser
I wanted to be strong enough
to drink like a boozer

Heavier than a thousand tons
Rock 'til the break of dawn
Come raise your glass to King Burton

Travel back in time
Hear the bell that chime
Misfit black sheep blue as hell
How you used to shine

7. Harmony And Noise

It's my love, it's my hate
It's my destiny and fate
And I know it's too late

It's my life, it's my all
It's my rise, it's my fall
And it's hard to stand tall
When you hear the gods call

It's like falling in darkness I don't have a choice
Blinded I follow my soul's inner voice
The creation of harmony and noise

8. Dirty Tricks

Why couldn't you be honest?
Why couldn't you be straight?
Why couldn't you just speak the truth?
The truth and nothing else
No I think I know your kind
I think I've met you before
You'll never be satisfied
You always wanna get more

You turn your sails to the wind
It's a sin to see it, it's a sin
To see you turn your sails to the wind

You always try to get around things
twisting like a snake
Just to rise a step or two
you'll do anything it takes
'Cause you wanna reach the top,
you wanna grow real strong
And I know what smell it is
that keeps you carrying me

You think you're hard as stone
You think I'm too blind to see
through all those dirty tricks
that you try to play on me
But I'm not afraid of you
I've learnt my lesson well
Try to walk over me again
and I'll send you down to hell

I'm gonna crack your ugly shell
If you try to fool me again
'Cause I'm not afraid of you
And I can tell how you turn those sails
It's a sin to see it, it's a sin,
to see you turn your sails to the wind

9. Another Troubled Mind

Time is the healer
Creator of scars
I'm a disbeliever
aiming for the stars

I know it's hard to find
but it's harder to be kind
You know I ain't got time
for another troubled mind

Time is the stealer
Like a fast racing car
I'm a dreamer
in a sleazy bar

I know it's hard to find
but it's harder to be kind
You know I ain't got time
for another troubled mind

Hard to hold on to
Something worth holding on to
It's hard to be strong, to get along
when fools think you're wrong

10. Too Much, Too Fast, Too Loud

Since I was a child I've always been told
I talk too much, too fast, too loud
- Keep it low, hold it back, stay down
Stay down, hold it back, keep it low

I thought you all would like to see me down
Was so sure you all would like to see me down
'Cause I knew you all would like to see me down
I was sure you all would like to see me down
'Cause I know you all go crazy
when someone tries to live those dreams
I know you all go crazy
It's not allowed to break free

This life was given to me
Believe you just live once
Look at me I got so much to give
I got to give it all before I'm done

I wanna feel, I wanna feel for real
I wanna shine so you all can see
I'm gonna rise above all my fears
I wanna live, I wanna live for real

It's the fight for being part of
when you're still always on your own
It's the fight for staying honest
when a lie's so easily told
It's the fight between giving
and the fear of what there is to lose
It's the fight believing
when there's so much to doubt

I wanna feel, I wanna feel for real
I wanna shine so you all can see
I'm gonna rise above all my fears
I wanna live, I wanna live for real

This life was given to me
Believe you just live once
Look at me I got so much to give
I got to give it all before I'm done







RISE AND SHINE LYRICS