World is Gone
Released 1992. Out of Print

Twenty-fifth
Thoughtcrime
Confession
World is Gone
No Wise
Thousand Languages
Cold
Roxanne *
Love Games
I Was Made For Lovin' You **

Twenty-Fifth
(R. Medvedz, P. Bamburak, J. Gutsick)
See the hate before your eyes
Feel the fear that burns down deep inside of you
You are no king you are no queen
You’re just like me
Just like everybody else in this world
You will die
So why try to make anybody else fry
If you’re stuck on a powertrip
Take another trip the hell away from here

Black Power take a shower
And Nazis play Yahtzee
If you think you’re better than me
I just wanna live my own life without making anybody else bleed

I don’t want a war
I don’t want a war
I don’t want a race war
I don’t want to race with you

If you’re my brother
Let’s get clever
Cause I know there is another way
Out of this mess
We have built
If blood spills we are responsible
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE

Unity isn’t black against white
It’s black and white without a fight
And not a harsh word to be heard can we learn
CAN WE LEARN

Can we live in intelligence
Not ignorance
Can the times change
Can I say that if ignorance is bliss
Than I’d rather be blessed with the kiss of death
Than be put to the test
That a world full of death and pain can get no better
Unless we stand
TOGETHER

One on one with peace on the mind
No time for lies
Can we try to be honest for once in our lives
It’s time to take the world off the shelf
And make it a better place
Cause it’s not gonna happen by itself
And it’s a disgrace we must face in our face
And we have to try to make the best of it
Try to make the best of it

Thoughtcrime
(P. Bamburak)
I should have known by the look in your eyes
A quiet stranger a thief in disguise
You know I’m watching you

Under the shadow of the old stone gods
You lie in waiting a child of Cause
You know I’m watching you

A burning fire deep in your heart
A tell-tale sign that sets you apart

Thoughtcrime
I will destroy your mind
Thoughtcrime
Your thoughts are so unkind
Thoughtcrime
You can’t deny what I find
Thoughtcrime

You never loved her didn’t care for her lies
You’ll never leave that hatred behind
You know I’m watching you

I know you wonder what goes on inside
I know you’re wishing your Brother’s demise
I bet you didn’t know it

A shade of doubt deep in your eyes
A subtle clue of the turmoil inside

Confession
(P. Bamburak)
Reckless girl we’re safe for one more night
Close the curtain and put out the light
My ribs are showing and I feel weak
I’ll say I love you to get what I need

I cup of coffee and dull razor blade
A shot of gin and I’ve got it made
An empty page a dark hate flick
I’ll touch my toes till it makes me sick

I see your face on the screen
There’s free or crime and no in between
You think that you can see it all
You don’t even know me as I sit by the wall

Room with a view plaster and trash
This first night may be my last
A burning fire deep in my heart
A tell-tale sign that sets me apart

I didn’t know it until too late
Nowhere to hide I’ve no escape
Caught in the act my soul on the ground
Can’t have this behavior cause things get around

I see your face on the screen
There’s free or crime and no in between
You think that you can see it all
You don’t even know me as I sit by the wall

World is Gone
(P. Bamburak)
I know I wish it was like before
But my memories are now shadows
A lost child gives his dreams away
Until I stand there with you in the meadow

I think I’ve seen your face before
I think I know your name
I’ve heard that voice before
It will always remain

But that world is gone forever
The world is gone forever

No Wise
(P. Bamburak)
I’ve come a long distance
Just to be with you
You own me baby
You know it’s true
I ride along the dreamland
Under starry skies
Kill me baby
Kill me with those eyes
Kill me with those eyes

I’ve been shaken
I’ve been hurt
But I ain’t no piece of dirt
No wise

I’ve played the badman
I’ve played the fool
I killed the lawman
I broken rules
I run through the jungle
Like the king of beasts
Just try and catch me
Try and bury me
Try and bury me

I’ve been shaken
I’ve been hurt
But I ain’t no piece of dirt
Not me

Gone… gone…

I’m wanted no lies
Bring him in dead or alive
Won’t take compromise
Judge and jury tried

I’ve been shaken
I’ve been hurt
But I ain’t no piece of dirt
I’ve been shattered
I’ve been cruel
But I’ll never get over you
No wise

 

Thousand Languages
(R. Medvedz, P. Bamburak)
I’m afraid we’ve lost our way
And I don’t know if it’s right
But a nation’s heart beats that way
To trade a mile for a life
And I can see the horizon coming toward me
Screaming my name in a thousand languages
Pulling me up forcing me to stand tall
Making me tell right from wrong
It says

It’s not where we’re going
Just a thing of the state we’re in
And it’s not worth your time to find a cause for killing
So just turn your head and open your eyes to the wind

It’s so hard to know who to believe in
And there’s times when the night’s your only friend
The sky is alive so open your eyes and
Take it all in

The stars all sing in a perfect harmony
A universal chorus calling out to me
They’ll see things I’ll never see
So I live my life in envy

Cold
(R. Medvedz, P. Bamburak, J. Gutsick)
And I’m cold and I’m dead
And I’m lost in my head
In the thoughts and misery
Loving the agony
Working on nothing till something becomes of it
Killing the something till nothing is left of it

I’m cold
I’m dead
I’m angry
I see red
I’m cold
I’m dead
I’m drowning
I see blood

And I’m cold and I’m dead
And I’m drowning in sweat
In the gallons of blasphemy
Pouring down over me
Striving for excellence
Breeding impurity
Spreading like mad
And I know there’s no cure for me

And I’m cold and I’m gray
And I look for the day
When the bright white light
Will come and envelop me
Take me away to a place that I’d rather be
Filling me up with the peace of eternity

And I’m cold if I say
That I hope and I pray
For the walls to close in on me
Crushing and grinding me
Watching and waiting as life pours out of me
Fading away ‘till there’s nothing else left of me

I’ve been burned
I’ve been bled
And I’m rolling in red
And it wraps tight around me
Squeezing the soul from me
Floating by places I know that I’ll never see
Making me live with the hell that is left for me

Love Games
(P. Bamburak, J. Gutsick)
Baby can’t you see the way I look at you
You’ve got my heart in the palm of your hand
I want to spend all my time with you
It’s almost more than I can stand

You’re playing games you think it’s cool
And girl I’m still playing the fool
You’ve got me on my knees

You’re gonna take me
You think it’s all right
Tie your chains around me
I’m a prisoner of the night
Take me
Think I won’t put up a fight
I’m gonna break this spell
When your love cuts like a knife

Every time that I think of you
My heart feels the pain
I can hold you use you
But to touch you is in vain

There must be some way some way to get through
We’ve got to find what we’ve got to do
Cause baby you broke my trust

 

* Written by The Police, © 1978 A & M Music
** Written by Paul Stanley, Vini Poncia, and Desmond Child, ©  1979 Casablanca Record and Film Works, Inc.

 
 

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