Cliffhanger: Not to be or not to be Lyrics


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

Innocent Victim

Words: Huigen
Music: Koopman

I hear, a rumor's going on.
They're talking about me, but I've done nothing wrong.
Convict me, but show me some proof.
Give me the evidence, and some room to move.

Accused by the accused.
Victim of abuse.
Target of slander,
Makes me a defender.
I've done nothing wrong.

I plead not guilty.
I am not filthy.
I just seek justice.
I seek the one who caused this.
I've done nothing wrong.

I hear, the news has spread around.
But the culprit just can't be found.
Going through hard lessons in defeat.
Can't walk the streets by day. Can't eat can't sleep.

They say I've changed the world.
They claim I stopped it to turn.
I would have changed the water into poison.
Now all I do is hide in my shame.
Taking my best shot to survive the game.
They say I've changed the world.
They say I caused it to burn.
But at the time I wasn't there.
And if I had known I wouldn't care.
I couldn't care less.

I take my tranquilizer, glide under the sheets.
I'll have my peace when I go to sleep.
Suffering another headache, trying to forget the pain.
Knowing that tomorrow it still will be the same.
On the second floor a party's going on.
I rest my head on my pillow and dream.

And I'm wandering through a ruined landscape.
In search for a solution to bring things back again.
I wish I could turn back time.
To find out what happened, to prevent the crime.
I will try to stay alive.
But it's too late to change.
The things that happened were all arranged.

Climbing a solid rock. Head for the unknown.
Drowsy and drugged. I stand alone.
Wavering I climb upon a slippery ridge.
But in a second I slip away.

Exploring a new world.
And there is nothing left for me.
Living in this new world.
They say I've made it empty.
But I swear it's not my doing.
Though I'm the one that they are sueing.
I swear it wasn't me.You've got the wrong guy.
Let me be!

I swear it wasn't me.
Why can't you let me be?
I swear I didn't do it.
But there is no way that I can prove it.

I plead not guilty.
I am not filthy.
Target of slander.
Makes me a defender.

I can't stand the accusations.
And negative vibrations.
This thing has gone too far now.
Please let it stop now.

I hear a lie. Meanwhile I try to clear my name. Survive the game.
Go back in time. Fighting the crime. Chasing the truth. But it's no use.

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.

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 September 17th, 1996 1
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