Paradox II Collision Course Lyrics (2008)

Paradox II Collision Course Lyrics Album by Royal Hunt

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1. Principles of Paradox

When did it all go wrong?
How could we let it go on for so long?
Who did that first mistake?
Who took the first step and who’s been awake but silent?

Churches were built by men, driven by love that we all understand
Since millions of lives have been lost… kneel for the moon or kneel for the cross
Kneel for the cross…

2. The First Rock

In the beginning there was one and only God, you see – all said and done
The only one you chose to rule the world
But then… as time was passing by you kept – without even knowing why
Re-entering new faces to the fold, oh no
So was it progress or regress? A bunch of them created such a mess
Inventing laws all written gold on gold

They tell you “from now on one icon leaves no room for others”

So now we’re back – a single face in every corner, showing holy grace
Demanding bigger palace – worth the king
We’re working hard to build it right, we’re slaving every day and every night
Just dying to complete this bloody thing

Higher, higher… we can’t stop, the tower’s getting higher, higher, oh!

Build a perfect house of light on our flesh and bones
To keep a sacred image under lock and key, but
Every single dream we had kept ending in the mud
When we replaced religion with the rock…
The very first mistake – a simple rock!

Inferior gods must be gone… tomorrow there’ll be only one

Higher, higher… we can’t stop, the tower’s getting higher, higher, oh…

A simple rock!

3. Exit Wound

Oh, yeah…
Oh, oh…
Wish that I knew who I am

It’s been around for a while… that sign of a new beginning
I tried to let it all slide – no way, my mind keeps spinning
Some of the choices I’ve made is been haunting me forever
As trying hard to persuade me to regret, however:…

(Loneliness) is grieving over (what you are) and then discover
(Who you were) or used to be, and now it seems so hard to understand
(Give me strength) to be who I was, (recreate) the ones whom I lost
(Down the road) – so hard and lonely – please forgive me now for who I am

Wish that I knew who I am

I do agree to a point… no grudge’s been left unchallenged
As if I could disappoint a crowd around me… as each
(Day of my life has been led) oh, by one declining nation
And in the end all I’d get (your priceless skin) is my final destination

Don’t tell me who I am

As there’s no escape and no redemption (no escape) at any Sunday afternoon (????)
Your sins are catching up to hit you in the back (you ????)
You never thought they would until today .you’re doomed
While watching an open exit wound…

Wish that I knew who I am
I am who I am!

Oh… wish that I knew who I am
I am who I am, oh
Wish that I knew who I am

4. Divide and Reign

Ships arriving to a very distant shore
Breeze is playing with flags it’s never seen before
Moving closer – a bunch of soldiers and a priest
Getting ready (for a sacrilegious bloody feast)

Half-moon (half-moon), a cross (a cross)
Who cares which one of them it was?

(Welcome to the world of) hate and desperation
(Get inside) and choose your pain…
We will (ram it down the throat of) every single nation
(That’s the way) – divide and reign…
(That’s the way – divide and reign)

Churches’re burning… was it colour or their shape?
Does it matter? (It does to ones who didn’t manage to escape)
Listen closely – winners are gone, they had their ball
From the ashes (I hear retaliations call)

They won… (or did we?) ????
I’m pretty sure it wasn’t meant to be

Half-moon (half-moon), a cross (a cross)
Who cares which one of them it was?

(Welcome to the world of) hate and desperation
(Get inside) and choose your pain…
We will (ram it down the throat of) every single nation
(That’s the way) – divide and reign…
(????)

It’s all a blur but I recall: I’m looking up and hear your call
(“The perfect war – no war at all”) it’s hard to swallow
A night will cover the battlefield to hide them all – the ones they killed
And all I see and all I feel (is rage and sorrow!)

(Welcome to the world of) hate and desperation
(Get inside) and choose your pain, oh…
We will (ram it down the throat of) every single nation
(That’s the way) – divide and reign…
(Welcome to the world of) hate and desperation
(Get inside) and choose your pain…
We will (ram it down the throat of) every single nation
(That’s the way) – divide and reign, oh no, divide and reign…

5. High Noon at the Battlefield

Oh… oh yeah
All by myself under the scorching sun
Looking around, hoping the hate is gone, gone, gone
As for the magic trick to be revealed:
You see, it’s (high noon) at the battlefield (and not a soul around)
Another (high noon) at the battlefield

Touching the ground, feeling the pain below (below…)
How did it end there? Wish you’ll never know (I know)
Guarded by this soil as if it was a shield:
You see, it’s high, high noon at the battlefield (I left my fear behind)
A peaceful high, high noon…

Oh yeah
But not so long ago the wind was strong and freezing cold
While blood was running down that hill
A war like this – you mark my words – cannot be put on hold:
We’ll keep on welding our steel
Do you believe that horrors from our distant past
Will ever make us change our mind? (No way! No way!)
Forget the fallen ones – we’re in to have a blast
So all in all we’re doing fine, fine, fine…

High noon at the battlefield (oh, ah…)
Hmm…

[News:]
Are you, sir, a spokesman for the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan?
[Townley:]
Let’s get this straight. We do not accept Jews because they reject Christ. And their control of the international banking cartels are at the root of what we call communism today. We do not accept Papists because they bow to a Roman dictator. We do not accept Turks, Mongols, Tartars, Orientals nor Negroes… because we’re here to protect Anglo-Saxon democracy.
[From the movie “Mississippi Burning”]

Oh, it’s ????

Oh, yeah…
Come on…

6. The Clan

White cape, red cross… hands up to cheer The Big Boss
No life, no love, no thoughts, no brains to speak of
“(Stand tall, divide) oh the whole world in black and off-white!”
You’ve got your plan… God bless you losers and your Clan

The day will come… lights out and soon you’ll be gone
(Who’s left? Your son) – the only thing you’ll pass on:
“Kill a nigger, kill a Jew, kill a couple, kill a few” (that’s right!)
(No more!) No less! He’ll put you to rest (while going):

Raise your glass and hail The Clan
Feel united by your color
Raise hell just because you can
Burn a cross… and one another

(????)

Raise your glass and hail The Clan
Feel united by your color
Raise hell just because you can
Burn a cross… and one another!
(Burn again!)

???? the Clan
Oh, yeah

7. Blood In Blood Out

Yeah, yeah, yeah…
Blood in, blood out
Over and over
Oh… yeah

(Oh…) I thought that the madness was over as echo of the last (bloody war)
Was fading away, but discovered a new breed of fools on the way
To steal their fair share of headlines… in “Whatever Times”
Over and over

For some unexplainable reason there’s always a few (of a kind)
Who’d put their beliefs in a prison of highly deranged, vicious minds
(Praying away for a bigger and stronger empire) to surface the Earth
Coming back (from the ashes to set every nation on fire)
Blood’s on your face and all over the place as you…

You’re hiding, you’re lying – disgrace is worse than dying
Keep falling much lower ‘cause it’s so far from over
The war cry’s returning, remaining bridges burning
You’ll hear it – we mean it – so clear and loud:
“Blood in blood out!”

Now the war’s moving into your home…
Heat’s getting closer!

Who could have believed or expected, who knew all along (that today)
Dark Ages will be resurrected – now look at yourself, go on!
Wait for Messiah to save you and show what to do
(Follow) millions of desperate rebels without a clue what are they fighting for, asking Almighty for

See it coming… blood in blood out…

8. Tears of the Sun

(While all of us walk alone… no help, we’re on our own)
(The end – as they say – is a heartbeat away)
(So give me a reason to stay!)
So give me a reason to stay, oh…
A reason to stay

Roaring silence… you walk down the street in Belfast
Think of it as every step that you take is your last
It could be, easily, just keep on watching your back:
(????)
Highest alert all the time – you are under attack,
Better keep moving

Rain’s falling down on me, as trying to make me see the scars of this town
Just leave it and run – surrounded by tears of the sun
Surrounded by tears of the sun!
Tears of the sun!

Shot in the distance and fear bounces back from these walls
Someone ahead of you screams and suddenly falls
Killings are random but there is a reason behind
(????)
Retaliation? Well, half of the nation went blind

While children in church are singing so peaceful
Bells are ringing a lovely tune… I’m going mad!

Rain’s falling down on me, as trying to make me see the scars of this town
Just leave it and run – surrounded by tears of the sun
Rain’s falling down on me… I wish it will let me be
One day I’ll be gone but whatever I’ve done is remembered by tears of the sun
Remembered by tears of the sun

You can’t ask for forgiveness from Heaven
‘Til you’ve asked for forgiveness from men…
In this town it will take you forever (so who gives a damn?)

(While all of us walk alone… no help, we’re on our own)
(The end – as they say – is a heartbeat away)
(So give me a reason to stay!)

Oh, tears of the sun…

9. Hostile Breed

Oh… oh…

Ways of beliefs were written down to please you:
Saints, common thieves – each one his own to pick
So why – can you tell me – your breed’s inventing something new?
Holy War? (I thought) Now I see… a sacrifice a week
Infidels way: live, let live… how can you resist
Sudden urge to blow them away?

No – we’re aware, your war’s to get attention…
How could we dare to turn the TV off?
Raid (suicidal) – your humble share in a world’s perfection
You’ll meet (time is right – your idol) and I hope (I hope) I hope (I hope)
One bullet is enough… while you’re screaming… from the top of your lungs:

(Jihad! Jihad! Jihad!)
(The ones who feel the pain will try to stop “the rain of terror”, it’s insane)
I hear them screaming:
(Jihad! Jihad! Jihad!)
(I know who it might be: nobody else but we, the ones who hold the key)
That’s all they need:
(Jihad! Jihad! Jihad!)
(And as the time goes by we’ll look upon the sky to ask the question “why”)
They keep on screaming
(Jihad! Jihad! Jihad!)
(They’re just a hostile breed that bites a hand that feeds and loves to see it bleed)
It’s just a hostile breed!

(Oh… oh…)

That cherish hate based on fear – that their religion can inspire nowadays
All we hear is:

…

10. Chaos A.C.

The chaos keeps on raging, still hungry for a thrill
Whatever script we’re staging
Holy Book’s kept close to the gun – now fire at will
The cast is ever changing, oh to reinvent its skill
No, no, no soppy happy ending
In the name, the name of some God – just fire at will
Fire at will…
(Fire at will!)

(Rest your weary head my son, all your trouble’s just begun)

It’s still a long way home…

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