Dead Winter Dead

In the town of Sarajevo, there's an old medieval square
There's a church aside one corner most believe was always there

It was built a thousand years before any now were born
And its glory was its belfry with its stones all gray and worn

Now there's a gargoyle on that belfry and he's been up there for years
And he has watched and he has pondered: "What is laughter, what are tears?"

For these peculiar institutions that are so well-known to man
When your heart is made of stone and quite hard to understand

And he's never found his answers as he sees the years go by
But he watches and he wonders with his stone unblinking eyes

It was the year of nineteen-ninety and the Berlin Wall was down
And a thousand years regretted now laid buried in the ground

And the prophets read the future, and the omens all seemed kind
In the classic words of Dickens, it surely was, the best of times

Watching in silence, I hesitate: It was not in the plans
All of our lives we could only wait: It was out of our hands
And every war where we took the day, it was all in our heads
And though in the dark we dream at night, they were better unsaid
But this is the time and this is the place
And these are the signs that we must embrace
The moment is now, in all history
The time has arrived and this is the one place to be
Yeah, yeah
We placed our years in the hourglass, they were never unearned
And we seemed destined to watch them pass – it was never our turn
But this is the time and this is the place
And these are the signs that we must embrace
The moment is now, in all history
The time has arrived and this is the one place to be
Yeah, yeah
This is the time and this is the place
And these are the signs that we must embrace
The moment is now, in all history
The time has arrived and this is the one place to be
Yeah, yeah

I see a little man sitting and he’s wondering
If over his little plot he might be king
And he finds his present world a little boring

There’s no land that is so small that it cannot divide
So come, I’ll draw the line and you just pick your side
Ignoring anyone who gives a warning

(chorus)
For I am the answer you seek, the dream in your sleep
You never wanted to awaken
I have the plan that won’t fail, a crime without trail
And all I really need right now is you!

(laugh)

I see a little man, thinking that he might need more
And so his eyes are drifting to the house next door
He wonders if his neighbors might be leaving

So he makes a little offer that they’ll understand
There is no point in letting things get out of hand
For no one wants to see their widows grieving

(chorus)
For I am the answer you seek, the dream in your sleep
You never wanted to awaken
I have the plan that won’t fail, a crime without trail
And all I really need is you!

(laugh)

(middle 8)

I am the word without deeds, the lie that exceeds
For lies are always most impatient
I am the guide for the lost, who never counts cost
And all I really need right now is you!
All I really need right now is you!
All I really need right now is you!
All I really need right now is you!
I see a little man sitting and he’s wondering
All I really need right now is you!
I see a little man sitting and he’s wondering
All I really need right now is you!
I see a little man sitting and he’s wondering
All I really need right now is you!
I see a little man sitting and he’s wondering
All I really need right now is you!
I see a little man sitting and he’s wondering
All I really need right now is you!
I see a little man sitting and he’s wondering
All I really need right now is you!
You! You! You! You! You!

We never fear the night, we bring our own starlight
Dropped on the world below, wait for the afterglow

We never fear the night, we bring our own starlight
Dropped on the world below, wait for the afterglow
And in the dark they wed, we’re dancing with the dead
And if the ground’s been stained, colors run in the rain

(chorus)
Run away, no delay – do we have to show you?
Don’t expect mercy yet, we don’t even know you
Hear the press, nothing less – saying that we don’t care
Understand it’s the land and you’d have to be there

We never contemplate, we only offer fate
And in the night they arc, flowering in the dark
Filling the sky with red, till all their needs are fed
Then like the childhood tear they quickly disappear

(chorus)
Run away, no delay – do we have to show you?
Don’t expect mercy yet, we don’t even know you
Hear the press, nothing less – saying that we don’t care
Understand it’s the land and you’d have to be there

(middle 8)

(chorus)
Run away, no delay – do we have to show you?
Don’t expect mercy yet, we don’t even know you
Hear the press, nothing less – saying that we don’t care
Understand it’s the land and you’d have to be there

(coda)

It don't matter what you said
In the mind of someone, you are now dead

What makes it bad is they're living next door
So you'll need some weapons? That's what I'm here for!

Seems you got us a war

AK-47
Tomcat F-11
Hardly ever used
Tell me what am I bid?

You on the back wall
This is it last call
Better buy 'em now
Or you'll wish that you did

You'll wish that you did

(Chorus)
I know
You know
In this world you gotta pay
It's all for sale
What's your side?
You couldn't say...
It doesn't matter anyway

Claymore land mines
Anti-personnel kind
Good for lining borders
And they're easy to hide

Bury them in the ground
Only one way they're found
Another fine product
We deliver with pride

Swing a deal on the side

M-1's,
Ammo too
Stinger missiles
Got a few
Better get 'em now
While we got 'em in store

Good for a last stand
Straight out of Afghanistan
If you never use 'em
You can save 'em
Till your next civil war

Cause that's what they're for

(Chorus)
I know,
You know
In this world you gotta pay
It's all for sale
What's your side?
You couldn't say
It doesn't matter anyway

We dared to ask for more
But that was long before the nights began to burn
You would have thought we'd learned
You can't make promises all based upon tomorrow
Happiness, security are words we only borrowed
For is this the answer to our prayers, is this what God has sent?
Please understand this isn't what we meant
The future couldn't last, we nailed it to the past
With every word a trap that no one can take
Back from all the architects who find their towers leaning
And every prayer we pray at night has somehow lost its meaning
For is this the answer to our prayers, is this what God has sent?
Please understand this isn't what we meant
A long time ago when the world was pretty
Standing right here in a different city
They're not coming back any more
They're not coming back any…
Is this the answer to our prayers, is this was God has sent?
Please understand this isn't what we meant

Feel the rush
Feel the rush
In the back of your head

Breathe it in,
Breathe it in
isn't that what they said

As you stood in the night
'Neath the glow of the fires?

Watch it burn
Watch it burn,
Watch it reach through the night

Feel the heat
Feel the heat
As you bask in its light

As the puppets hang upon their wires

(Chorus)
I've lost my way
Kneel down and pray
It all decays
It takes me down, down, down

Like the minister said
Like the minister said

Where this all has led

Dead winter dead

Can you hear what I hear
In the back of your mind
As you stand on the stage
When they tell you it's time

To read words from a past you can't remember?

Gotta keep
What you have,
Tell me what is it for
If it made sense my friend
Well then not anymore

Every dream I'm told has its December

(Chorus)
I've lost my way
Kneel down and pray
It all decays
It takes me down, down, down

Like the minister said
Like the minister said

Where this all has led

Dead winter dead

One child stood before the altar
One child stood out in the rain
One child spent his time imagining
And I don't believe he's coming
Home again
Home again,
Home a...

(Chorus)
Right there in the earth
I've been drawing a line
I'm digging it deep
Don't know if I'll find

A tunnel out
So we all can be saved
If not, just take this earth
And bury me
For this will be my grave

One child hid inside the darkness
One child never said a thing
One child closed his eyes and disappeared
But at night I still can hear him whispering
Whispering
Whisper...

(Chorus)
Right there in the earth
I've been drawing a line
I'm digging it deep
Don't know if I'll find

A tunnel out
So we all can be saved
If not, just take this earth
And bury me
For this will be my grave

I will believe in you
If you still want me to
Or tell me I'm on my own

There on the other side
Tell me the Pilate's died
And we're no longer alone

Take your answers and your promises
Believe me I don't care
I have held on to your words
Until I found them only air

What good are your promises
If you can always take them back?

Still, I hang on every word
Till my hands are bleeding

I will believe in you
If you still want me to
Or tell me I'm on my own

There on the other side
Tell me the Pilate's died
And we're no longer alone
We had no choice but to stay and follow
We have nothing left except tomorrow
We have nothing left except what will be

What we need here are some real decisions
While you only offer mindless visions
Visions that nobody else here can see

We're on our own
We're on our own
We're on our...

(Chorus)
Right there in the earth
I've been drawing a line
I'm digging it deep
Don't know if I'll find

A tunnel out
So we all can be saved
If not, just take this earth
And bury me
For this will be my grave

No life's so short it can't turn around
You can't spend your life living underground
For from above you don't hear a sound

And I'm out here
Waiting
I don't understand what you want me to be

It's the dark you're
Hating
It's not who I am
But I know that it's all that you see

No life's so short that it never learns
No flame so small that it never burns
No page so sure that it never turns

And I'm out here
Waiting
I don't understand what you want me to be

It's the dark you're
Hating
It's not who I am
But I know that it's all that you see

Can you live your life in a day
Putting every moment in play?
Never hear a word that they say
As the wheels go around

Tell me if you win would it show
In a thousand years, who would know?
As a million lives come and go
On this same piece of ground

I've been waiting
I don't understand what you want me to be
It's the dark you're hating
It's not who I am, but it is what you see

Tell me would you really want to
See me leave this night without you

Would you ever look about you
Wondering where we might be

New York is so far away now
Tokyo, Berlin and Moscow
Only dreams from here but somehow
One day that world we will see

I don't understand
I don't understand

I swear on tomorrow
If you take this chance
Our lives are this moment
The music -- the dance
And here in this labyrinth
Of lost mysteries
I close my eyes on this night
And you're all that I see

You're all that I see