Cygnus X-1 [R30] Lyrics

Grim-faced and forbiddingTheir faces closed tightAn angular mass of New YorkersPacing in rhythmRace the oncoming nightThey chase through the streets of ManhattanHead-first humanity...Read Full Lyrics

Driving away to the east, and into the pastHistory recedes in my rear-view mirrorCarried away on a wave of music down a desert roadMemory humming at the heart of a factory townAll ...Read Full Lyrics

Our first stop is in BogotàTo check Columbian fieldsThe natives smile and pass alongA sample of their yieldSweet Jamaican pipe dreamsGolden Acapulco nightsThen Morocco, and the Ea...Read Full Lyrics

Under the gaze of the angelsA spectacle like he's never seenSpinning lights and facesDemon music and gypsy queensThe glint of iron wheelsBodies spin in a clockwork danceThe smell o...Read Full Lyrics

I can learn to resistAnything but temptationI can learn to co-existWith anything but pain I can learn to compromiseAnything but my desiresI can learn to get alongWith all the thing...Read Full Lyrics

Midway hawkers calling "try your luck with me"Merry-go-round wheezing the same old melodyA thousand ten-cent wonders, who could ask for more?A pocketful of silver, the key to heave...Read Full Lyrics

A world of differenceA world so out of touchOverwhelmed by everythingBut wanting more so muchCall it blind frustrationCall it blind man's bluffCall each other namesYour voices rude...Read Full Lyrics

The snakes and arrows a child is heir toAre enough to leave a thousand cutsWe build our defenses, a place of safetyAnd leave the darker places unexploredSometimes the fortress is t...Read Full Lyrics

All the journeys of this great adventureIt didn't always feel that wayI wouldn't trade them because I made themThe best I could, and that's enough to saySome days were darkI wish t...Read Full Lyrics

Living on a lighted stageApproaches the unrealFor those who think and feelIn touch with some realityBeyond the gilded cageCast in this unlikely roleIll-equipped to actWith insuffic...Read Full Lyrics