Living Colour : The Chair in the Doorway
Lyrics
1. BURNED BRIDGES
Tossed my keys in the river
Now I can't go home again
Burned up my phone book
Now I have to make a real friend
Threw away my watch and wallet
Now I have no time to spend
Gave up my vices
To stop the voices
And now they're back again
Gonna strip it all away
Gonna strip it all away
Gonna strip it all away
Gonna strip it all away
Close my eyes
So I don't see things as they are
Stumbling in the darkness here
My life seems less bizarre
Can't shut my ears off
To the sounds of my own screams
No matter how i try
I can't escape my dreams
Gonna throw it all away
Gonna throw it all away
Gonna throw it all away
Gonna throw it all away
If I burned every bridge I crossed then
Would that mean that i was lost, yeah!
If I burned every bridge I crossed then
Would that mean that i was lost, yeah!
If I burned every bridge I crossed then
Would that mean that i was lost, yeah!
If I burned every bridge I crossed then
Would that mean that i was lost, yeah!
If I burned every bridge I crossed then
Would that mean that i was lost, yeah!
I've done things to myself
That I cannot forgive
I've given up everything
Just so that I could live
I searched the whole world over
For the thing I cannot find
No one cares about my thoughts
So I guess I'll lose my mind
I gave it all away
I gave it all away
I gave it all away
I gave it all away
I burned every bridge I crossed
And how I know I know I am
I burned every bridge I crossed
And how I know I know I am
I burned every bridge I crossed
And how I know I know I am
I burned every bridge I crossed
And how I know I know I am
I burned every bridge I crossed
And how I know I know I am
2. THE CHAIR
I am the role I play
Really who's to say
I'm not who I am
I wake up and I say
Who am I today?
What will be the plan
Everyday's the same
No need to explain
I'm going through the door
I'll be gone for sure
I'm trapped behind a door
A secret I ignore
The thing beneath the floor
Can't take it anymore
Something about me
Something you can't see
A wound that will not bleed
Too dumb and numb to feel
I'm going through the door
I'll be gone for sure
There's no place else but here
I'll give inside this fear
I'd like to get away
But then where would I stay
I wish I didn't care
This role's a perfect fit
To take me to nowhere
Then there is the chair
3. DECADANCE
In the ugliness of beauty
And when pretty is vicious
You thought you were a voyeur
But the irony is delicious
In the access of excess
The pigs are at the trough
You thought you had to fill
But enough is never enough
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Enough is never enough
Young thrill seekers craving attention
Thought you were special
You never learned your lesson
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Enough is never enough
Those that dare to question
Those that dare to dream
Buried alive in your shit
No one can hear you scream
In the belly of the beast
You stood tall
Didn't anybody tell you
All empires must fall
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Enough is never enough
Decadance
Decadance
Yeah, the decadence
4. YOUNG MAN
I'm on my feet step aside man
Get out my way I got a mind of my own
Beat all the fears as a young man
Now that I'm grown I don't fear the unknown
When do I know that I haven't arrived
I never felt so far away
Where do you go when you're lost and you're lonely
I never felt so far away
I'm on my feet step aside man
Get out my way I got a mind of my own
Beat all the fears as a young man
Now that I'm grown I don't fear the unknown
How do you know when you take it too far
I never felt do far away
Who would you tell if you're secret's too heavy
I never felt so far away
Step to the right
Two times
Move left
Spin
We are marching in darkness
Dancing in darkness
Kiss the darkness
We are marching in darkness
Dancing in darkness
Kiss the darkness
We are marching in darkness
Dancing in darkness
Kiss the darkness
We are marching in darkness
Dancing in darkness
Kiss the darkness
I'm on my feet step aside man
Get out my way I got a mind of my own
Beat all the fears as a young man
Now that I'm grown I don't fear the unknown
What will happen when it all ends
I never felt so far away
Why do I never break when I bend
I never felt so far away
I never felt so far away
I never felt so far away
I never felt so far away
I never felt so far away
Step to the right
Move ahead
Clap one time
Parre thrust
Parre thrust
5. METHOD
Heaven is burning
No birds sing
Heaven is burning
It’s a silent spring
Party is over
The circus has left town
It’s the morning after
And you’re coming down
Down
Down
Hell is frozen
Crashing dreams
Cities imploding
Worlds unseen
There’s a method to the madness
Like there’s a reason to this rhyme
The ultimate weapon
The perfect crime
Take me by the hand
Don’t you know
The dammed don’t cry
I can get so low
That I am high
There’s a method to the madness
Like there’s a reason to this rhyme
The ultimate weapon
The perfect crime
There’s a method to the madness
Like there’s a reason to this rhyme
The ultimate weapon
The perfect crime
6. BEHIND THE SUN
Living behind the dark side of the sun
Everyone's here but nobody comes
Things are finished before they've begun
Life is beautiful behind the sun
You may see
You may care
We're still here
You're still there
Everyone's happy life is sweet
Parallel lines that never meet
It's cold and lonely but we still believe
The waters rise and no relief
You may see
You may care
We're still here
You're still there
If you come to help me you're wasting your time
But if your struggle is bound up with mine
And we've begun and from each one behind the sun
Promises made
But nothings done
Forgotten ones
Behind the sun
If you've come to help me
Promises made
You're wasting your time
But nothings done
But if your struggle
Forgotten ones
Is bound up with mine
Behind the sun
If you come to help me
Behind the sun
You're wasting your time
Behind the sun
7. BLESS THOSE (LITTLE ANNIE’S PRAYER)
Bless the butcher
And bless the baker
Accountants of bankers
Jazz men and boxes
Bless the bored
And bless the battered
The worn the torn
And the tattered
And those that can go either way
Those that can go either way
Those that can go either way
Those that can go either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Bless the sculptor
Bless the destructor
Bless those who care
And those who can´t be bothered
Bless the jaded
And the joiners
Glamorous, dangerous
Formless and spineless
For those that can go either way
For those that can go either way
For those that can go either way
For those that can go either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Bless the ad man
Bless the bad man
Bless the jester
And bless the lawyer
Bless the ruthless
Bless the restless
Bless the angler
Bless the legless
And those that can go either way
And those that can go either way
And those that can go either way
And those that can go either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Those that can go either way
8. HARD TIMES
My head is on fire
Alone in the dark
The bad gives no comfort
I'm falling apart
My dreams have no answers
They're only the start
Don't you come to me with stories
About your hard times
You want me to feel sorry
You got your I got mine
What good in courage
When you're all by yourself
Would it be easier to be someone else
Don't you come to me with stories
About your hard times
You want me to feel sorry
You got your I got mine
There's no happy ending
Where things turn out fine
So stop all pretending
You got yours I got mine
There's no happiny ever after
There's no happiny ever
Don't you come to me with stories
About your hard times
You want me to feel sorry
You got your I got mine
There's no happy ending
Where things turn out fine
So stop all pretending
You got yours I got mine
I got mine
9. THAT’S WHAT YOU TAUGHT ME
Incrimination
And adoration
Disappointment
To adulation
The inquisition in your eyes
Makes me wonder why
But I don't regret a thing
That's what you taught me
Everything
No I don't regret a thing
That's what you gave me
Everything
Dath where is thy sting
I never knew what this yould bring
I chance upon a photograph
It was torn in half
The jagged edges made me mad
Then I had to laugh
No I don't regret a thing
That's what you taught me
Everything
No I don't regret a thing
That's what you gave me
Everything
Everything
I got a question for you
What did I teach you
I teach you
No I don't regret a thing
That's what you taught me
Everything
No I don't regret a thing
That's what you gave me
Everything
Everything
That's what you taught me
That's what you gave me
That's what you taught me
That's what you gave me
10. OUT OF MY MIND
Losing myself
Shedding my skin
Losing my faith
Absolved of sin
Wanted to be a king
'Cause I want everything
Now I got nothing
I thought I had control
I found I lost my soul
I can't get out this hole
Nobody knows
I'm all alone
Can't let it go
It won't leave me alone
Wanted to be a king
'Cause I want everything
Now I have nothing
I thought I had control
I found I lost my soul
I can't get out this hole
Chased by the shadows
That are darker than blue
Ego blocks the light
That used to shine through
Looking for a companion
To tell your tales to
I already have one shadow
I don't need two
I thought I had control
I found I lost my soul
I can't get out this hole
It's a bad time
To be out of your mind
11. NOT TOMORROW
Wild eyes
Dark skies
Nothing seems to matter
Women cry
People die
Our family is scattered
Maybe
I'm not like you
Today I look for thuth
Not tomorrow
Not tomorrow
Birds fly
No good-bye
Take my words from the earth
No more lies
From the other side
The four winds scatter
For years I seek your face
Save yourself
For your sake
Not tomorrow
Not tomorrow
Tossed my keys in the river
Now I can't go home again
Burned up my phone book
Now I have to make a real friend
Threw away my watch and wallet
Now I have no time to spend
Gave up my vices
To stop the voices
And now they're back again
Gonna strip it all away
Gonna strip it all away
Gonna strip it all away
Gonna strip it all away
Close my eyes
So I don't see things as they are
Stumbling in the darkness here
My life seems less bizarre
Can't shut my ears off
To the sounds of my own screams
No matter how i try
I can't escape my dreams
Gonna throw it all away
Gonna throw it all away
Gonna throw it all away
Gonna throw it all away
If I burned every bridge I crossed then
Would that mean that i was lost, yeah!
If I burned every bridge I crossed then
Would that mean that i was lost, yeah!
If I burned every bridge I crossed then
Would that mean that i was lost, yeah!
If I burned every bridge I crossed then
Would that mean that i was lost, yeah!
If I burned every bridge I crossed then
Would that mean that i was lost, yeah!
I've done things to myself
That I cannot forgive
I've given up everything
Just so that I could live
I searched the whole world over
For the thing I cannot find
No one cares about my thoughts
So I guess I'll lose my mind
I gave it all away
I gave it all away
I gave it all away
I gave it all away
I burned every bridge I crossed
And how I know I know I am
I burned every bridge I crossed
And how I know I know I am
I burned every bridge I crossed
And how I know I know I am
I burned every bridge I crossed
And how I know I know I am
I burned every bridge I crossed
And how I know I know I am
2. THE CHAIR
I am the role I play
Really who's to say
I'm not who I am
I wake up and I say
Who am I today?
What will be the plan
Everyday's the same
No need to explain
I'm going through the door
I'll be gone for sure
I'm trapped behind a door
A secret I ignore
The thing beneath the floor
Can't take it anymore
Something about me
Something you can't see
A wound that will not bleed
Too dumb and numb to feel
I'm going through the door
I'll be gone for sure
There's no place else but here
I'll give inside this fear
I'd like to get away
But then where would I stay
I wish I didn't care
This role's a perfect fit
To take me to nowhere
Then there is the chair
3. DECADANCE
In the ugliness of beauty
And when pretty is vicious
You thought you were a voyeur
But the irony is delicious
In the access of excess
The pigs are at the trough
You thought you had to fill
But enough is never enough
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Enough is never enough
Young thrill seekers craving attention
Thought you were special
You never learned your lesson
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Enough is never enough
Those that dare to question
Those that dare to dream
Buried alive in your shit
No one can hear you scream
In the belly of the beast
You stood tall
Didn't anybody tell you
All empires must fall
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Feel the decadance
Enough is never enough
Decadance
Decadance
Yeah, the decadence
4. YOUNG MAN
I'm on my feet step aside man
Get out my way I got a mind of my own
Beat all the fears as a young man
Now that I'm grown I don't fear the unknown
When do I know that I haven't arrived
I never felt so far away
Where do you go when you're lost and you're lonely
I never felt so far away
I'm on my feet step aside man
Get out my way I got a mind of my own
Beat all the fears as a young man
Now that I'm grown I don't fear the unknown
How do you know when you take it too far
I never felt do far away
Who would you tell if you're secret's too heavy
I never felt so far away
Step to the right
Two times
Move left
Spin
We are marching in darkness
Dancing in darkness
Kiss the darkness
We are marching in darkness
Dancing in darkness
Kiss the darkness
We are marching in darkness
Dancing in darkness
Kiss the darkness
We are marching in darkness
Dancing in darkness
Kiss the darkness
I'm on my feet step aside man
Get out my way I got a mind of my own
Beat all the fears as a young man
Now that I'm grown I don't fear the unknown
What will happen when it all ends
I never felt so far away
Why do I never break when I bend
I never felt so far away
I never felt so far away
I never felt so far away
I never felt so far away
I never felt so far away
Step to the right
Move ahead
Clap one time
Parre thrust
Parre thrust
5. METHOD
Heaven is burning
No birds sing
Heaven is burning
It’s a silent spring
Party is over
The circus has left town
It’s the morning after
And you’re coming down
Down
Down
Hell is frozen
Crashing dreams
Cities imploding
Worlds unseen
There’s a method to the madness
Like there’s a reason to this rhyme
The ultimate weapon
The perfect crime
Take me by the hand
Don’t you know
The dammed don’t cry
I can get so low
That I am high
There’s a method to the madness
Like there’s a reason to this rhyme
The ultimate weapon
The perfect crime
There’s a method to the madness
Like there’s a reason to this rhyme
The ultimate weapon
The perfect crime
6. BEHIND THE SUN
Living behind the dark side of the sun
Everyone's here but nobody comes
Things are finished before they've begun
Life is beautiful behind the sun
You may see
You may care
We're still here
You're still there
Everyone's happy life is sweet
Parallel lines that never meet
It's cold and lonely but we still believe
The waters rise and no relief
You may see
You may care
We're still here
You're still there
If you come to help me you're wasting your time
But if your struggle is bound up with mine
And we've begun and from each one behind the sun
Promises made
But nothings done
Forgotten ones
Behind the sun
If you've come to help me
Promises made
You're wasting your time
But nothings done
But if your struggle
Forgotten ones
Is bound up with mine
Behind the sun
If you come to help me
Behind the sun
You're wasting your time
Behind the sun
7. BLESS THOSE (LITTLE ANNIE’S PRAYER)
Bless the butcher
And bless the baker
Accountants of bankers
Jazz men and boxes
Bless the bored
And bless the battered
The worn the torn
And the tattered
And those that can go either way
Those that can go either way
Those that can go either way
Those that can go either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Bless the sculptor
Bless the destructor
Bless those who care
And those who can´t be bothered
Bless the jaded
And the joiners
Glamorous, dangerous
Formless and spineless
For those that can go either way
For those that can go either way
For those that can go either way
For those that can go either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Bless the ad man
Bless the bad man
Bless the jester
And bless the lawyer
Bless the ruthless
Bless the restless
Bless the angler
Bless the legless
And those that can go either way
And those that can go either way
And those that can go either way
And those that can go either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Either way
Those that can go either way
8. HARD TIMES
My head is on fire
Alone in the dark
The bad gives no comfort
I'm falling apart
My dreams have no answers
They're only the start
Don't you come to me with stories
About your hard times
You want me to feel sorry
You got your I got mine
What good in courage
When you're all by yourself
Would it be easier to be someone else
Don't you come to me with stories
About your hard times
You want me to feel sorry
You got your I got mine
There's no happy ending
Where things turn out fine
So stop all pretending
You got yours I got mine
There's no happiny ever after
There's no happiny ever
Don't you come to me with stories
About your hard times
You want me to feel sorry
You got your I got mine
There's no happy ending
Where things turn out fine
So stop all pretending
You got yours I got mine
I got mine
9. THAT’S WHAT YOU TAUGHT ME
Incrimination
And adoration
Disappointment
To adulation
The inquisition in your eyes
Makes me wonder why
But I don't regret a thing
That's what you taught me
Everything
No I don't regret a thing
That's what you gave me
Everything
Dath where is thy sting
I never knew what this yould bring
I chance upon a photograph
It was torn in half
The jagged edges made me mad
Then I had to laugh
No I don't regret a thing
That's what you taught me
Everything
No I don't regret a thing
That's what you gave me
Everything
Everything
I got a question for you
What did I teach you
I teach you
No I don't regret a thing
That's what you taught me
Everything
No I don't regret a thing
That's what you gave me
Everything
Everything
That's what you taught me
That's what you gave me
That's what you taught me
That's what you gave me
10. OUT OF MY MIND
Losing myself
Shedding my skin
Losing my faith
Absolved of sin
Wanted to be a king
'Cause I want everything
Now I got nothing
I thought I had control
I found I lost my soul
I can't get out this hole
Nobody knows
I'm all alone
Can't let it go
It won't leave me alone
Wanted to be a king
'Cause I want everything
Now I have nothing
I thought I had control
I found I lost my soul
I can't get out this hole
Chased by the shadows
That are darker than blue
Ego blocks the light
That used to shine through
Looking for a companion
To tell your tales to
I already have one shadow
I don't need two
I thought I had control
I found I lost my soul
I can't get out this hole
It's a bad time
To be out of your mind
11. NOT TOMORROW
Wild eyes
Dark skies
Nothing seems to matter
Women cry
People die
Our family is scattered
Maybe
I'm not like you
Today I look for thuth
Not tomorrow
Not tomorrow
Birds fly
No good-bye
Take my words from the earth
No more lies
From the other side
The four winds scatter
For years I seek your face
Save yourself
For your sake
Not tomorrow
Not tomorrow
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