Ghost Nation
We live in a windswept hell
Where dust and death are neighbours
We hide in a perfect storm
Not even God remembers
We run from the wars of man
From everything you are and would be
We are invisible
We are the dead ghost nation
When the sky came down
When the sun went dark
When the night was torn
And we heard God laugh
When the righteous came
And they cleansed our sins
Have you ever seen death / God / me
With your own eyes?
We live in the great unfound
Where thought and ghost still wonder
We drift on drifting sand
Where horrors of our past still linger
We hide from the world of man
From the cruelty that defines you
We are the wind that cries
We are the dead ghost nation
We are embers in the flame
We are whispers in God's name
We're the heat that burns your skin
We’re the cold that lets pain in
We’re the wind that blinds your eyes
We’re the shame that haunts your lies
We’re the nightmare when you sleep
We’re the guilt that old men… keep
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Bed Of Thorns
I'm waiting in the dark
Waiting for a dark light
To show me the way
I'm hiding from the world
Trapped by my ambition
Drowning in my fear
You're welcome to stand in my place
You're welcome to feel what I feel
You're welcome to live my life
And you're welcome to sleep in my bed of thorns
I'm walking through the dust
Pulling out splinters
Of things that never last
I'm easily forgotten
There is always someone
Better than the last
You're welcome to stand in my place
You're welcome to feel what I feel
You're welcome to live my life
And you're welcome to sleep in my bed of thorns
You're welcome
You're welcome
You're welcome
You're welcome
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My Name Is Ruin
When they called me broken, I knew
When they called me evil, I knew
When they called me ruin, I knew
I would always find my way to you
When I begged forgiveness, they knew
When I begged for mercy, they knew
When I begged for nothing, they knew
I would always find my way to you
My name is ruin, my name is vengeance
My name is no-one and no-one is calling
My name is ruin, my name is heartbreak
My name is lonely, my sorrow's a darkness
My name is ruin, my name is evil
My name's a war song, I'll sing you a new war
My name is ruin, my name is broken
My name is shameless, I'll tear your world open
When I called you poison, you knew
When I called you shameful, you knew
When I called you liar, you knew
I would always find my way to you
I'll show you ruin, I'll show you vengeance
I'll show you no-one, and no-one is calling
I'll show you ruin, I'll show you heartbreak
I'll show you lonely, a sorrow in darkness
I'll show you ruin, I'll show you evil
I'll sing you a war song, I'll sing you a new war
I'll show you ruin, I'll show you broken
I'll show you shameless, I'll tear your world open
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The End Of Things
Is that a voice calling me softly?
Nothing in here is quite how it seems
Is that a whisper's touch or my fear?
Am I awake or lost in old dreams?
Everything's so cold, the air is so still
There should be nothing here to see
Is this a warning, like in the black book
There can be no-one else but me
I see a darker shade of darkness
I hear a shadow hide in the lie
I feel a suffocating tension
Within a terrible desire
Everything is so cold, the air is so still
There should be nothing here to fear
But I am breathing, a child's laughter
Can any part of this be real?
Everything I work for
Everything I long for is always just to far
Everything I hope for never comes to be
Everything I bleed for burns a scar on me
Everything I fight for leaves a bitter taste
Everything I cry for laughs into my face
Everything I scream for barely knows my name
Everything I'd die for will die just the same
In here, with me
Is this the truth of your forgiveness?
Are you the stranger stood at my door?
Are you the end of things come calling?
Are you the answer that I've wished for?
Everything's so cold, the air is so still
And there is nothing here but me
If I belong here and this is mercy
Then there's no place I'd rather be
Everything I worked for
Everything I longed for was always just too far
Everything I hoped for never came to be
Everything I bled for burned a scar on me
Everything I fought for left a bitter taste
Everything I cried for laughed into my face
Everything I screamed for barely knew my name
Everything I died for died just the same
In here, with me
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And It All Began With You
I know your voice when the words you speak lie
I know your face when you're trying to hide your fears
I know your breath when a thought makes you cry again
I know you well, and I've seen your tears
And it all began with you
I was born then died you came to me
And it all began with you
On the day you made the world
When you whisper my name, I'll be with you
When you reach out your hand, I'll be with you
When you walk to the light, I'll be with you
When you stand before God, I'll be with you
All that we are is more than I dreamed
All that we shared is more than a life can hold
All that we have is more than we'll ever need
All that we lost is nothing but time
And it all began with you
And it ends for me the day you leave
And it all began with you
So today we stop the world
When you whisper my name, I'll be with you
When you reach out your hand, I'll be with you
When you walk to the light, I'll be with you
When you stand before God, I'll be with you
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When The World Comes Apart
I'm not a hero's story
I'm not a traitors lie
I'm not everything they said
I'm not here to save you
I'm not your confessor
My sins alone could wake the dead
And do you understand
Nothing can make it better
Nothing can make it go away?
And do you understand
That we are lost to ruin?
And this will be our end of days
And when the sun fell down
And when the moon failed to rise
And when the world came apart...
Where were you? Were you with me?
And when my light burns out...
And when my fire is cold...
And when my breath is the wind...
Where will you be / I will find you
Dear God?
I have no forgiveness
I have a heart of stone
I am a lesson born of greed
I am torn and twisted
I am a broken bone
I am what you made of me
But do you understand
That none of this will matter
Nothing can take our pain away?
And do you understand
That everything is shattered
And so the whole world ends today?
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Mercy
I know
I should have told you
Be careful what you wish for
I know who you are
So I'll remind you
How you came to be here
You won't
Remember my pain
Your 'Politics of Screaming'
You won't know my name
Or my forgiveness
Mercy's overrated
No mercy
No mercy
How long did I suffer for you here?
For a lifetime
And how long have I waited for you here?
So patiently
I see
You understand now
Nothing ever leaves here
We are quite alone
But if you pray hard
Maybe God can save you
No mercy
No mercy
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What God Intended
Save me
From the world
Save me
From your Hell
Save me
From the kindness that will
Save me
From myself
I could say
There is no-one there
I could say
That my life is shattered
I could say
That I almost care
I could say
That it almost matters
But I don't know
Save me
From a life of meaning
Save me
From a death with feeling
Save me
From all those offended
Save me
From what God intended
For me
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Pray For The Pain You Serve
I belong here where the world ends
I belong here where all hope ends
I belong here with 'The Waiting'
With the haunted, with the never seen
I belong here with 'The Faithless'
We are no-one, we are nothing at all
I will be here when the storm ends
I will sleep here when my time ends
I will cry here when the dead sing
'Will you save me, will you save me?'
On my knees I'll pray to something
But I don't know you. I don't know you at all
Can you see me when the wind blows through my soul
Can you hear me when the scream is all I know
Can you see me? This is all that I deserve
Can you hear me? I pray for the pain I serve
I belong here where the shame ends
I belong here where all life ends
I belong here with the fallen
Here is nowhere, here is everything
I belong here with the broken
We are lost and we have nothing to lose
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Broken
If you had seen
You'd understand
If you had seen
You'd break like me
If you had seen all the things that I've seen
You'd scream like I scream
I know
If you had seen, you'd feel like I feel
Empty and broken
I know
I've seen the sky on fire
Seen the oceans dry
Seen the mountains fall
Seen the whole world die
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If I Said
If I said I was a painter
Would you love and comfort me
If I said I was a soldier
Would you cry a tear for me
If I said I was a poet
Would you share your hopes with me
If I said I was a dreamer
Would you share your life with me
If I asked you for forgiveness
Would you smile and wonder why
Would you say that you believed me
Or would it all fall down
Would it all fall down
Is it over, is it over now?
If I said I was a liar
Would you lose your faith in me?
If I said I was mistaken
Would you share the blame with me?
If I said I was a memory
Would you still remember me?
If I said I was a warning
Would you shy away from me?
If I asked you for forgiveness
Would you turn your face away?
Would you say I broke your heart
And would it all fall down?
Would it all fall down
Is it over is it over now?
When a new tear falls
When I hear you cry softly
I would give the world to change the past
And when you walked away
And I saw what I was losing
Only me to blame, I wondered why, why, why
So it all comes back to haunt me
Like a song that sings your name
And it burns here to remind me
That it all comes back as pain
When I asked you for forgiveness
And the words drifted away
I watched them float in empty silence
As it all fell down
As it all fell down
It was over
It was over then
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© Gary Numan 2017
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