Cliffhanger: Burning Alive Lyrics


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These lyrics are © by Cliffhanger 1996. They are reproduced here by kind permission of the band

The Artist

Words: Huigen
Music: Huigen

I'm the artist, too confused to draw a straight line all the way from here.
I'm forsaken. All the misery I've been through made me feel this way.

Jump through time in my mind, back to thoughts I left behind.
I see people dying. I see my parents crying.
Make my way through the day. Wishing, everyone would stay,
Forever here beside me. To teach me and to guide me.
But that's a fiction. A conservative addiction.
Now you're leaving. Wish I was dreaming. Forever dreaming.

The distance that has come between us,
We are drifting us further apart.
You've gone away to"another life,"
To make a new start. You'll stay in my heart.
Walk through the day. Dream through the night.
Lost in a room with no doors. Locked inside.

You're leaving this life behind you,
To meet my mother on the other side,
Where so many have gone to.
They are the creatures of the night. They are deceivers of the light.
Trying to go on. Trying to belong.
Facing the dark times ahead. They must be strong.

Anger anger, is what I feel.
Anger anger, vicious and real.
Anger anger, is taking control.
Anger anger, infecting my soul.

Oh god why did you take them.
Oh god why did you make them,
Come running to you.
Tell me if there is a meaning,
For every human being leaving.
Come running to you.

Anger anger, on my face.
Anger anger, revealing its ways.
Anger anger, makes me blind.
Anger anger, is all that I find.

Oh god why did you hurt me.
Oh god have I deserved to be left in such pain?
Not to be or not to be, is our final destiny.
There is no return.

Anger anger, is what I feel.
Anger anger, vicious and real.
Anger anger, makes me blind.
Anger anger, is all that I find.
Anger anger, is taking control.
Anger anger, infecting my soul.
Anger anger, on my face.
Anger anger, revealing its ways.

I want to get closer to heaven,
In the darkness of the night.
I'll climb on a starbeam, I'll fall from the moon.
I'll follow my heart, I will be with you soon.

I will jump, from star to star.
Just one more galaxy, it can't be far.

And I know, that you know what I feel.
And I feel, that you know what I know.

I will care till the end of time.
I will care till the end of my own time.

I will search for you. I will long for you.
I will remember you. We'll meet again some day.

I'm the artist, too confused to draw a straight line all the way from here.
I'm forsaken. All the misery I've been through made me feel this way.

Jump through time in my mind, back to thoughts I left behind.
I see people dying. I see my parents crying.
Make my way through the day. Wishing, everyone would stay,
Forever here beside me. To teach me and to guide me.
But that's a fiction. A conservative addiction.
Now you're leaving. Wish I was dreaming. Forever dreaming.


Gratwanderung

Words: Huigen
Music: Heijboer

Caught in a prison with bars of insanity
My freedom is gone, the people have abandoned me
Can't turn left
Can't turn right
On the edge of my mind
Balance is gone. All's gone wrong
Try to take a few steps

But I know that I'll fall down
And I know that I'm a clown
And I know that, I'll be damned forever
I'll be damned forever, and forever I'll be damned

Can't move forward, can't turn back
I'm wrapped up in a straight-jacket
Suddenly I slip into a gap that wasn't there before
I seize for a sharp edge. Loose my head
Nothing left to hold on to

The thin air surrounds me as I keep falling down
Can't turn left. Can't turn right
The seconds they pass like a countdown in reverse
Can't just stop, as I drop
My skin aches. All it takes
Is a grip in this slip

And I know I'm falling down
And I know that I'm a clown
And I know that, I am damned forever
I am damned forever, and forever I'll be damned

But I know that I'll fall down
And I know I'm still a clown


Ragnarök

Words: huigen
Music: Koopman

Fire, fire and ice. Fire, fire and ice,
Shake hands and build a new world.
But the anger, coming from the world of the dead,
Is crawling to the surface. Prepare for battle now!

Fire fire, fire and ice. Fire, fire and ice.
The gods are summoned to protect what's rightfully theirs.
Descent from heaven. Prepare for battle now!

For every new beginning, there has to be an end.
Odin build this kingdom. Turned to his sons and said:
I will be your savior.
I will be your god.
You'll each possess a power.
You all will be gods,
Living in the world of the dead,
Rule within the world of the mad.
But be aware, destruction is on its way.
Sound the alarm!

The gods are suicidal, they feel the end is near.
Ghastly monsters, from nowhere they appear.
The sword is their religion, clanging on the shields.
Scattering their magic, all across the fields.

"I know you're near".
"I feel you're here". Without warning, they strike.
With no mercy they fight.
The stabbing knives,
Are taking lives.
Their armor reflects,
What their senses detect.

A compromise, cut down to size.
The magic fails. The people wail.

No save return. Even ashes burn.
Thunder and light. The world's on fire!

And the gods are back to square one.


© Peter J.R. Vermaat June 28th, 1996 1
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