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Shortcut To Somewhere (Banks/Fish)
He was a fallen angel from the Tower of Babble Strung out on the high wire Another skyline drifter an immaculate stranger A legend for the wild west end So when you're running in the slipstream of the ratrace veterans Only one thing left to do Take a breath slide away Quicksilver The clean cut easy way through It's no Easy Rider ain't no Midnight Cowboy Took his place at the starting line Cos he left you behind with his reputation Lone Ranger still fresh in our minds So when you've worked out the problems and you've worked out the angles And you've worked out what you wanted to do Take a breath slide away Quicksilver The only style that you ever knew That you ever knew Everyone's wanting a shortcut to somewhere Everyone's needing someone to look up to Everyone's looking for somebody's hero Are they nowhere to be found? - Are they nowhere to be found? With the high heels clicking out the avenue semaphore Tapping out a serious distress To yesterdays zeros those reluctant young heroes Need a light to lead them out of this mess So when you're running in the slipstream of the ratrace veterans Only one thing left to do Take a breath slide away Quicksilver It's a clean cut easy way through He was a fallen angel from the Tower of Babble Strung up on the high wire Another skyline drifter an immaculate stranger A legend for the wild west end So when you've worked out the problems and you've worked out the angles And you've worked out what you wanted to do Take a breath slide away Quicksilver The only style that you ever knew That you ever knew Everyone's wanting a shortcut to somewhere Everyone's needing someone to look up to Everyone's looking for somebody's hero Are they nowhere to be found?
You Call This Victory (Banks/Diamond)
You call this victory you say the battle's won You call this justice when without her there's no sun You call this freedom, well you make up your own mind I call this madness looking from the other side When this thing started It was more than just a dream, that kept us warm Through every crazy moment we pushed on Searching for the perfect sky To be as one again As one together we would fly You call this victory you say the battle's won You call this justice when without her there's no sun You call this freedom, well you make up your own mind I call this madness looking from the other side Now I must get ready To face up to what I see now is the truth I need to see your eyes again on fire And hear the beating of your heart We had so little time So little time for turning back I know it's oh so easy to forget And I know it's oh so easy to regret And maybe time can take this fear away Reminding me you were so sure You had the key and you had found the door Hey lady - You call this victory you say the battle's won You call this justice when without her there's no sun You call this freedom, well you make up your own mind I call this madness looking from the other side You call this victory...
Lion Of Symmetry (Banks/Wilcox)
The stars ignite as the sun sets And disappears in a river of dancing molten gold In the moon rise the lion steps out tonight No law, no sin, no rip it up and start again No tears, no pain, no fear, no more chains The office walls are closing in As the telex machines perversely sing ignored You're hypnotised and the lion roars within No law, no sin, no rip it up and start again No tears, no pain, no fear, no more chains Why are we here? Not just to live and breathe I cannot sleep, I need the beast I need some action, I need destruction I'll return to the wild, I'll return to the child I said No sense of emotion adrift in the ocean Here we are knee-deep in stars, knee-deep in stars City nights caressed in a shroud All is quiet and the silence is tentatively loud You kiss the streets as you crawl on your hands and feet No law, no sin, no rip it up and start again No tears, no pain, no fear, no more chains Why are we here? Not just to live and breathe I cannot sleep, I need the beast I need some action, I need destruction I'll return to the wild, I'll return to the child I said No sense of emotion adrift in the ocean Here we are knee-deep in stars, knee-deep in stars Moving in the darkness Phosphorus eyes, jungle pride A glisten of madness, a wave of sadness The lion never sleeps, he's never at peace He stalks so boldly, so nervous, so coldly Vicious serenity, perverse intensity Head bowed stretched proudly, embrace the earth Same blood, same soul, same breath, same goal The office walls are closing in, feel the sensation Telex machines perversely sing raw communication And you're hypnotised, a transformation The lion steps out tonight And you kiss the damp streets with ease As you crawl on your hands and feet Naked is the beast and the beast is forever free You are the lion, you are the lion of symmetry Golden warrior savage, savage creature You are the lion, you are the lion of symmetry No law, no sin, no rip it up and start again No tears, no pain, no fear, no more chains...