RAVEN LYRICS

1. Watch You Drown

You have so much to give
You climbed so high and left them take it
Lost in you prison cell
You took all the answers
Took the keys and threw them all away

Does it feel better
Do you feel good
Nobody's laughing
Everybody
Watch you drown
Slowly down you the bottom
Watch you drown
Saw you turn and throw yourself away

Run take one way ride
The easy way destroy the future
Burn all the bridges down
Stare at the barrel
Took the keys and threw them all away

Does it feel better
Do you feel good
Nobody's laughing
Everybody
Watch you drown
Slowly down you the bottom
Watch you drown
Saw you turn and throw yourself away

2. Spite

I'm the man, I'm the only one
That all your dreams depend upon
Believe in me, give your trust
I'm gonna grind you into dust

Because I want to
Because I want to
Don't ask me why
Because I want to

On the town one of the guys
But everything about you I despise
Think you're going right on track
But I'm the one who'll put the knife into your back

Because I want to
Because I want to
Don't ask me why
Because I want to

I'm the man, I'm the only one
That all your dreams depend upon
Believe in me, give your trust
I'm gonna grind you into dust

Because I want to
Because I want to
Don't ask me why
Because I want to

3. True Believer

Listen and keep your mouth shut
Time to cut your ties
Something I'm going to give you
Will open up your eyes
You need me to open up the doors
Someone to show it all
If I can I'll never let you see
Behind my wall

I'll make you - A true believer
I'll take you - Up to the top
I'll make you - A true believer
Pull together and we'll never stop

Make it tough to make you hungry
What you save I'm going to spend
You'll get me up the ladder
So I can bleed you 'til the end
Don't question what I'm doing
Don't think that I'm not on the ball
I'll rise up but you will fall

Take from your treadmill
Set you onto mine
Difference is you'll burn out
You'll never see the signs

I'll make you - A true believer
I'll take you - Up to the top
I'll make you - A true believer
Pull together and we'll never stop

Makes no difference
There's nothing you can do
What you don't see
All for one and all for me

I'll make you - A true believer
I'll take you - Up to the top
I'll make you - A true believer
Pull together and we'll never stop

4. So Close

Take the time to see what done
Realize I've fought
But never really won
Long time since I made up my mind
To leave it all behind

So close and so far away
I needed to go my own way
You tried but there was something in me that died
So close and so far away

Try to see the good not bad
Let it slip away
Something that I never had
And if the chance came to do it all again
You know that nothing changes

So close and so far away
I needed to go my own way
You tried but there was something in me that died
So close and so far away

It took so long
To realize what was wrong
To see the way ahead

So close and so far away
I needed to go my own way
You tried but there was something in me that died
So close and so far away

5. Altar

Nowhere is a place you've left behind
Somewhere is where you're going to be in time
Lying to yourself will always get results
Laughing at the truth embracing the insults

Everyone crawl on their knees
Like moths to the flame
You're mesmerized on your way
To the altar, this way to the altar
The altar of lies

Winning the only thing the ultimate
Take with open arms the keys to seal your fate
Each line every word rehearsed and polished bright
Swear to anything just to win the fight

Everyone crawl on their knees
Like moths to the flame
You're mesmerized on your way
To the altar, this way to the altar

Take up the challenge step into the ring
Take all that they’re giving
Up know it doesn't mean a thing
When you're in the hot seat
When your world is overturned
They'll be there to watch you burn

Winning the only thing the ultimate
Take with open arms the keys to seal your fate

Everyone crawl on their knees
Like moths to the flame
You're mesmerized on your way
On your way, on your way
To the altar, to the altar, the altar of lies

6. The Dark Side

Try to keep my head held high
On the ground reaching for the sky
Balanced on the long and narrow way
But every now and narrow way
My good intentions and my dreams
Are cast aside as something
Rears its ugly head

The dark side comes to the surface
Turns me inside out
The dark side like whirlwind
Tears me up and then it spits me out

On the level pulling through
But all alone it gets to you
Slowly silently it drags you down

The dark side comes to the surface
Turns me inside out
The dark side like whirlwind
Tears me up and then it spits me out

Under the hammer
Knowing you can't turn back home
But there's no way out
Every step just leads you to the edge

The dark side comes to the surface
Turns me inside out
The dark side like whirlwind
Tears me up and then it spits me out

7. The Rocker

[originally by Thin Lizzy]

I am your main man if you're looking for trouble
I'll take no lip 'cause no ones tougher than me
If I kicked your face you'd soon be seeing double
Hey little girl, keep your hands off me 'cause

I'm a rocker
I'm a rocker!
I'm a roller too, baby
I'm a rocker!

Down at the juke joint me and the boys were stompin'
Bippin' an a boppin', telling a dirty joke or two
In walked this chick and I knew she was up to something
I kissed her right there out of the blue

I said
I'm a rocker
I'm a rocker!
I'm a roller too, baby
I'm a rocker!

8. Turn On You

Hiding the bruises
Never talking out of turn
He keeps on pushing
Why will she never learn

The bigger they are harder you fall
See you smiling
But your backs against the wall
Lets you go but you're never free
There's always the danger he'll snap
And turns on you

Dazed and so very lost
If you stay you must count the cost
Fairy tale turns into nightmare
It’s going to happen again

The bigger they are harder you fall
Take you and break you
Just so he can watch you crawl
No remorse and there's no recall
And always the danger he'll snap
And turn on you

9. Far And Wide

Take the sound from the fury
The light from eyes
Give me time to remember
To forget my disguise
All the doors I have opened
Slam in my face
Give me strength to still win the race

Far and wide, deep inside
One thing for sure I know
In the end, can't pretend
Without you there's nowhere to go

Build me up when I'm broken
Keep me out of the rain
Give me time to recover
Get away from my pain
After so long it’s found me
Pulled me so deep
After all that has happened
This time I won't sleep

Far and wide, deep inside
One thing for sure I know
In the end, can't pretend
Without you there's nowhere to go

Build me up when I'm broken
Keep me out of the rain
Give me time to recover
Get out of my way

Far and wide, deep inside
One thing for sure I know
In the end, can't pretend
Without you there's nowhere to go

10. Victim

Place your head under the hammer
Hold your throat under the blade
Close your eyes and you will see
You'll turn over everything to me

You may be rich you may be strong
And you'll believe that I can do no wrong
But in the end you'll realize

Just another victim
Just another fool

Know it makes no difference what you do or say
You're never going to see the light of day

Write you name in blood on the paper
Such a future in store for you
Close your mind the doors will open
Too far gone now to turn around

You know they're got you on the run
Still you're not listening to anyone
But in the end you'll realize

Just another victim
Just another fool

Know it makes no difference what you do or say
You're never going to see the light of day

Place your head under the hammer
Hold your throat under the blade
Close your eyes and you will see
You'll turn over everything to me

You know they're got you on the run
Still you're not listening to anyone
But in the end you'll realize

Just another victim
Just another fool
Just another victim
And we will reap what we have sown

11. Gimme A Reason

You take the money with your left hand
And then you spend it with the right
You might as well be setting it alight

You took the motor turned it to a wreck
Bought enough rope to put around your neck

Just gimme a reason to listen to you
Just gimme a reason I'll know what to do
Why should I believe what you're saying is true

It’s like you're talking on a knife edge
But you'll never make it through
Why don't go and buy yourself a clue

You want a free ride to the end zone
You'll be a winner any day
A winner? Yeah, right!

Just gimme a reason to listen to you
Just gimme a reason I'll know what to do
Why should I believe what you're saying is true

Think you're acting like a big shot
Instead you're acting like a clown
Shooting high but you're going down
No matter what happens from now on
I'll never really understand
What the hell were we thinking

Just gimme a reason to listen to you
Just gimme a reason I'll know what to do
Why should I believe what you're saying is true

12. Slip Away

Running headlong dead-end street
Sinking slowly in too deep
Falling faster almost out of sight
Getting harder just to see the light

Something lies in wait for me
Hear it coming but I cannot see
Feel it tearing me apart

Question burning in my brain
Hold the answer but it won't remain
Play for time but there's nothing left
Second guessing myself to death

I can't believe
That you would curl up and die
I can't believe
That you would cut every tie
I can't believe - there's nothing I can say
I can't believe - that you would let go
Let go
Let go
And let slip away

And you say that I don't have to stay
But he pain in your eyes gives you away
And you're talking so tough
But I hear the words
You're going to throw it all away

I can't believe
That you would curl up and die
I can't believe
That you would cut every tie
I can't believe - there's nothing I can say
I can't believe - that you would let go
Let go
Let go
And let slip away







RAVEN LYRICS