Arena

You can take it

If you want it

You can break it

If you need it



I'll never fight another day

But you can take the flesh not the soul away

They're calling from the lions den

They're fighting for the ghosts of holy men



Into the arena we climb

We look to the sky

Into the arena we climb

You and I



Is it over

When the light goes?

Bella nova

Tell me who knows



Scars will beat the minds of men

Can you feel the thorns upon the skin?

I'll never fight another day till I die



{Chorus}

Yes I hear you

Yes I see you

Yes I feel you

And I need you



Is it over, I'll never fight another day

When the light goes?

But you can take the flesh, not the soul away

Bella nova, they're calling from the lions den

Tell me who knows?

They're fighting for the souls of holy men



{chorus}

In the distance, I can see them

On the trade winds, across stormy seas.

They are many, please believe me,

There's something to find,

There's someplace here deep inside of my mind.



There is a time where,

There is no place here.

Tell me if you get there...

Heaven



Can you see this land I'm dreaming?

Such a place, I hope we will find.

Is it there now? Tell me where now,

'Cos I need to know.

Believe... It's still deep inside of my mind.



There is a time where,

There is no place here.

Tell me if you get there...

Heaven

Laser, breathing on my window

Two strings, beating out of time

Koto, warning of the danger

Wake up, is your head still mine?



Now they give you reasons

To fight for love



That's enough

In a paper world

That's enough

Said the Chinese girl

That's enough

Another city falls

Just because we're two sides of the moon



Data, streaming through my window

Chrome stars, whispering their lies

Black sky, hides approaching stranger

Reach out, two should now be one



Disregard the reasons

And look above



That's enough

In a paper world

That's enough

Said the Siamese girl

That's enough

Another city falls

Just because we're two sides of the moon

Standing on the border,

Waiting on the line.

Silence is a stranger,

In these troubled times.

I recall a better place,

Where I controlled my mind.

We had no fears at all...

The day before the war.



Hands across the water,

The sun is in the East.

Who will feed the famine

After lions feast?

In the name of Jesus,

In the name of God,

You took it all in vain...

The day before the war.



Standing on the border,

Waiting on the line.

Feet in bloody water,

Deafened by the crime.

I recall the beauty,

Young will never see.

We had no fears at all...

The day before the war.



Hearts across the water,

The sun is in the East.

Ships arrived this morning,

From the burning sea.

Take away the glory,

Take away the pain.

You were a friend of mine...

The day before the war.

It seems such a long year

Since our eyes last met.

You were a lone child,

I have no regrets.



Oh, you know sometimes how I wonder,

If I am a fool.

The rocks that are pulling me under

Are heading a fall.



Dont be afraid

Youre not alone, now

By the guard of angels

A new rock will rise

As mountains cut sky, now

Heaven knows



Never, Never,

I could never lose my faith in you

(could I ever break my faith to you)

Never, Never,

Will I ever turn my back on you



You must be strong now

And stand as a man.

As I will be leaving,

Leaving this land.



Sometimes I wonder,

If I am a fool.

The rocks that are pulling me under

Are heading a fall.



Turn my back on you

Another meltdown,

Another change of state.

Some other big town,

Where he can make his break.



And she said, "No, I like it this way."

And he said, "Oh, does this mean I can stay?"



I feel like I'm just caving in

I really do

And what is to be must be



Help me, now I'm falling

Give me early warning

Help me, I'm in danger, over you



So how you feeling?

You know it's not too late.

Don't hold your head down,

You must recuperate.



And she said, "No, I like it this way."

And he said, "Oh, does this mean I can stay?"



I feel like I'm just caving in

I really do

And what is to be must be



Help me, now I'm falling

Give me early warning

Help me, I'm in danger, over you

If I whispered words, would you hear them now?

Would you cross the deepest seas?

In the fiercest winds, on the burning trail,

Seal it with your word.



If I whispered words, would you keep a lie?

Would you promise me till time?

So if we grow old and the distance parts,

So seal it with your word.



Oh, I'll scream upon the hill,

So, you can hear me still.

Now, will we ever fade?

I seal it with my word.



If I whispered words, would you hear them now?

Would you cross the deepest seas?

In the fiercest winds, on the burning trail,

Seal it with your word.

Don't tell me what you are

Don't tell me what you're after

Don't tell me what you want

Don't tell me what you need

Aren't you just the one to always point the finger

I don't care for you 'cos you don't care for me !



U bring me down........repeat



COUNTER RAP

U bring me down/You're giving me no hope

Sucking off our land/Blowing off the smoke

Virus in the veins/That run into the sea

Poisoning the world/With you're generosity



U bring me down/You're killing me with lies

You take away our ears/ Won't take away my eyes

The red red sea will return unto the vein

Covering the world/Are you happy with your gain



REFRAIN



I could breathe, I could fly

The day before you came

(Think you own my skin now)

Break the chains, free the slave

Turn the tides against you now



Talking to the sky

You promise evolution

Progression of the mind

By selling of the soul

The last will be the first

In the dust of revolution



Someone cares for me

But no one cares for you



REFRAIN 2



Will I breathe? Will I see?

Far beneath the clearest stream

(To the deepest ocean)

Break the chains, free the slaves

Give back the blood, that you drain from this world now

Tell me why,

I don't believe in you.

I don't believe it's true.

I don't believe in you.



Happens nearly every time,

If you let them, they'll control your mind,

Yes your mind.



But that was only yesterday,

So you had to wash your head in hate.

In hate, in hate.



Tell me why,

I don't believe in you.

I don't believe it's true.

I don't believe in you.



Shall we stand against the wind?

Staring at the justice of their sins,

Their sins.



What have they done to live this way?

In a modern world, the fragile pay

They pay, oh yes they pay.



Tell me why,

I don't believe in you.

I don't believe it's true.

I don't believe in you.

Took the ground,

From underneath my feet.

Silent town,

Ghosts this empty street.



I see the home that once was mine,

Now just bones of former life.

Touch this page of sacred time, again,

I see you call...



You don't have to be strong for me.

I won't shoot your defences down.

Whatever happens, I want you to see

We can face it together.

And turn it around.



A new life

Grows within his hands.

Coming back

To this promised land.



And with these bones we will rebuild,

To the flesh of future life.

Giving back that sacred time, again...



You don't have to be strong for me.

I won't shoot your defences down.

Whatever happens, I want you to see,

We can face it together.

And turn it around.