pink world
1. In the Woods
2. To Live Forever
3. Pink World
4. What I See :: Video
5. To Live Forever, Pt. 2
6. Power
7. In the Forest
8. Boy Who Can't Talk :: Song
9. Stranger
10. What I See, Pt. 2
11. Shepherd
12. Behind the Barrier :: Video
13. Pink World Coming Down
14. Breath
15. This Perfect Place
16. What Artie Knows
17. In the Zone
18. Behind the Barrier, Pt. 2
19. March of the Artemites
20. This Perfect Place, Pt. 2
21. Letter From the Shelter
22. What Artie Knows, Pt. 2
23. One Star Falling
24. Baby's at the Door
25. Untitled
26. Requiem
27. Boy Who Can't Talk, Pt. 2
1. In the Woods -
Instrumental
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2. To Live Forever
In a little nowhere town, way out deep in the woods
Sits a little nowhere factory, making household goods
With a little nothing river, flowing by their back door
You won't find any fishes, there ain't no fish in there no more
And the signs said: Don't drink the water, don't wade in the pool.
No, don't come here at all.
And the people said: You drank the water? There's nothing we can do.
There's no one we can call.
Now I guess I'm gonna live forever
Find myself a cave, and hide me away
Yes, I'm gonna live forever.
Find myself a cave and hide me away.
When I got up out of bed today, my room was glowing pink.
I could see into the future, I could hear what the people think.
I saw visions in my head, I saw things I should not see.
I saw rows and rows of bleeding hands, reaching out for me.
And the signs said: Don't drink the water, don't wade in the pool.
No, don't come here at all.
And the people said: You drank the water? There's nothing we can do.
There's no one we can call.
Now I guess I'm gonna live forever
Find myself a cave, and hide me away
Yes, I'm gonna live forever.
Find myself a cave and hide me away.
And the people said: Guess you're gonna live forever.
Find yourself a cave and hide you away.
Guess you're gonna live forever.
Find yourself a cave and hide you away.
Don't drink the water. Danger. Don't drink the water. Danger. Don't drink the water. Danger. Don't drink the water.
Now I guess I'm gonna live forever
Find myself a cave, and hide me away
Yes, I'm gonna live forever.
Find myself a cave and hide me away.
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3. Pink World
There's a pink world (pink world) coming down. (It's coming down.)
Watch out, there's a pink world (pink world), and it's coming down. (It's coming down.)
In a quiet little village by the sea
I hear it calling, and it calls for you and me.
So, leave your riches and your houses on the hills
Cancel all your credit cards and settle all your bills
Cause you won't need them anymore
Close down the factories blow up all the stores.
Cause there's a pink world (pink world) coming down. (It's coming down.)
Watch out, there's a pink world (pink world), and it's coming down. (It's coming down.)
Once I stood New York with a sign saying:
The end is coming, friends, repent while there's still time.
I will admit that no one really seemed to hear.
They would laugh and point their fingers at my sandals and my beard.
Now they listen when I say (Listen when I say.)
I have proof, cause I read it in a supermart today.
There's a pink world (pink world) coming down. (It's coming down.)
Watch out, there's a pink world (pink world), and it's coming down. (It's coming down.)
And it rolls like an avalanche, and it will sweep you away.
Yes, it rolls like an avalanche, and it will carry us away.
(It's a pink world.) And it's a pink world.
It's a pink world. (It's a pink world.)
And it rolls like an avalanche, and it will sweep us away.
Yes, it rolls like an avalanche, and it will carry us away.
Yes, it rolls like an avalanche, and it will sweep you away.
Yes, it rolls like an avalanche, and it will carry us away.
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4. What I See :: Video
I see a planet that's glowing red.
I see the millions burning in their beds.
I see the beauty that might have been,
Torn from the future by hungry looking men.
I have the same dreams every night
I wake up shaking in the morning light
I don't know what could be expected of me.
I only know that I believe what I see.
And you, do you see what I see? (Do you see what I see?)
Yeah, you, do you see what I see? (Do you see what I see?)
What I see.
This isn't quite the way I thought it would be
It seems they want to make a symbol of me
I have the power that can keep us alive
It's a sugar-coated pill and its bitter inside.
I have the same dreams every night
I wake up shaking in the morning light
I don't know what could be expected of me.
I only know that I believe what I see.
And you, do you see what I see? (Do you see what I see?)
Yeah, you, do you see what I see? (Do you see what I see?)
What I see. (What I see.) What I see.
(What I see.) (What I see.) (What I see.)
Yeah, you, do you see what I see?
Hey, you, can you see what I see?
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5. To Live Forever, Pt. 2
(You drank the water? Well, there's nothing we can do. There's no one we can call.)
(I guess I'm gonna live forever. Find myself a cave and hide me away...)
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6. Power
Power. What holds it up? What makes it fly, that can't be done!
Power. The boy's got the right stuff. I can see it in his eyes, he thinks it's fun.
Power. Now be a good little man, can you show me that again? I bet you can't.
Power. Okay. You win, you can. But point it away, don't get the boy mad.
Oh, we'll keep you.
We'll be watching you and we'll study you.
And Artie, oh, we'll teach you.
So you'll use it right and you'll join the fight.
And Artie, oh, we need you.
When your country calls, and these hallowed halls are waiting.
Oh, this is straight from the top.
We'll never stop, we can't be stopped with your power.
We need your power.
Power. Do you see these stones? Can you make them burn, from miles away?
Power. No, you can't go home. We know you'll learn to love this place.
Oh, we'll keep you.
We'll be watching you and we'll study you.
And Artie, oh, we'll teach you.
So you'll use it right and you'll join the fight.
And Artie, oh, we need you.
When your country calls, and these hallowed halls are waiting.
Oh, this is straight from the top.
We'll never stop, we can't be stopped with your power.
We need your power.
We need your power.
Power. We need your power.
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7. In the Forest
(Artemis.)
(Artemis.)
(Don't go in there, come back. Come back.)
(Artemis. Come back.)
(Come back.)
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8. Boy Who Can't Talk
Well, they're all so afraid of you, what you do with your mind.
They hide you and shut you away, just keep you in line.
And thousands are waiting outside, just to walk where you walk. Where you walk.
And the newspaper's screaming for words, from a boy who can't talk.
You're just a boy who can't talk, Artemis.
Well, they offer you money, but money don't mean much to you.
And they feed you with flattery to get you to show them the things that you do.
And thousands are waiting outside, just to walk where you walk. Where you walk.
And the newspaper's screaming for words, from a boy who can't talk.
And you'd like to say leave me alone, would you all get away?
And you wish you were safely at home
And you wish that somebody would stand up and say:
He's a boy. A boy who can't talk.
Just a boy, a boy who can't talk.
And the whole world is screaming for words, from a boy who can't talk.
A boy who can't talk. Artemis. Artemis.
He's a boy, a boy who can't talk. Just a boy, a boy who can't talk.
He's a boy, a boy who can't talk. Just a boy, a boy who can't talk.
Artemis. Come home.
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9. Stranger
He sits alone in one small room of a shabby railroad flat.
He reads his yellow clippings, folds them up and puts them back.
He knows that the world's not the place that it seems
And, oh, he dreams there's somebody there.
He stifles his emotion, and he wipes them from his face
He shuffles round his secret things hidden in their secret place
And nobody knows where the stranger will go
And, oh, as you know, nobody cares.
And he comes when he's summoned, and he does what must be done.
And he lives for the movement, he takes pride in being one
Of the lucky and the chosen and the perfect men
And the stranger is with us again.
And nobody knows where the stranger will go.
And, oh, you know, that nobody cares. No, nobody cares.
And he comes when he's summoned, and he does what must be done.
And he lives for the movement, he takes pride in being one
Of the lucky and the chosen and the perfect men
And the stranger is with us again.
From a valley in the Rhineland, to the deserts of Iran
From a village they call Jonestown, to a meeting of the Klan
No one can know where the strangers will go
But, oh, you know, they'll always be there.
And they come when they're summoned, and they do what must be done.
And they live for their movement, they take pride in being some
Of the lucky and the chosen and the perfect men
And the strangers are with us again.
Yes, the strangers are with us again.
And the strangers are with us again.
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10. What I See, Pt. 2
(Hey, you, do you see what I see? Hey, you, can you see what I see?)
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11. Shepherd
I saw a story in the papers, waiting at the check-out stand
Bout a very special boy and the thousands in his hands
(Is this just the latest fashion, or is there something there for me?)
I think I'll see. I think I'll see.
I read it in the tea leave and I've had that dream again
I've been born again so often, that this time I'm sure it's him.
(Could this be the second coming? Of the one who sets me free?)
I think I'll see.
They say he wears a halo if you get up close to him
They say he'll lead us all out of the danger that we're in.
And they say he is the Shepherd and we all should follow him.
Is that him?
(Artemis. Artemis. Artemis.)
And they say he wears a halo if you get up close to him
They say he'll lead us all out of the danger that we're in.
And they say he is the Shepherd and we all should follow him.
Is that him?
(Artemis.)
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12. Behind the Barrier :: Video
In the closing minutes of free-zone time, with the worlds hanging over the edge.
As the messages flew down the red hot lines, we did the body counts in our heads.
And the true believers looked on and laughed as the landscape cracked and bled.
Behind the barrier. Behind the barrier.
And we still don't know how he did it, and I wonder how high it goes.
I only know that life goes on for the lucky ones here in the Zone.
And the true believers looked on and laughed 'til the last cruise missile had flown.
Behind the barrier. (Behind the barrier.) Behind the barrier.
And the minutemen stood as we knew they would, and the world went temporarily sane.
And the radio said: My God cover your heads and get out of the boiling rain.
Get behind the barrier.
Behind the barrier.
Behind the barrier. (Behind the barrier.)
And the minutemen stood as we knew they would, and the world went temporarily sane.
And the radio said: My God cover your heads and get out of the boiling rain.
And the true believers looked on and laughed as the last cruise missile had flown
And life goes on for the lucky ones out here in the Zone
Behind the barrier. Behind the barrier.
Get behind the barrier.
Get behind the barrier.
Get behind the barrier.
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13. Pink World Coming Down
Well, there's a pink world coming down.
There's a pink world and it's coming down.
And it rolls like an avalanche and it will sweep us away.
Yes, it rolls like an avalanche and it will carry us away.
Carry us away.
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14. Breath
Instrumental
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15. This Perfect Place
I heard a whisper in the tunnels today, oh yeah.
They were coming for my neighbor and they took him away, oh yeah.
He was preaching revolution, when he talked in his sleep, oh yeah.
And his mother called security and sold him out cheap, oh yeah.
What a perfect place. (This perfect place.)
Everywhere you look you can see his face.
This perfect place. (This perfect place.)
It's such a comfort when he knows what you think, oh yeah.
It's a little like Santa Claus faded to pink, oh yeah.
We got the cutest little cameras hanging everywhere, oh yeah.
After a while you just forget they're there, oh yeah.
What a perfect place. (This perfect place.)
Everywhere you look you can see his face.
This perfect place. Oh yeah, what a perfect place. (This perfect place.)
This perfect place. (This perfect place.)
We got the cutest little cameras hanging everywhere, oh yeah.
After a while you just forget they're there, oh yeah.
What a perfect place. (This perfect place.)
This perfect place. (This perfect place.)
What a perfect place. (This perfect place.)
Everywhere you look you can see his face.
This perfect place. Oh yeah.
What a perfect place. (This perfect place.)
Everywhere you look you can see his face.
This perfect place. Oh yeah.
This perfect place. (This perfect place.)
This perfect place. (This perfect place.)
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16. What Artie Knows
Well he must have his reasons, he must have a master plan
Since he took way the season and replaced the common man
With a face that never ages, lips that do not speak
A book with many pages, no one dares to read.
Oh, he's righteous and just.
In Artie we trust, he knows it all.
Oh, Artie knows what we don't.
Artie does what we won't.
Artie knows it all.
Artie knows it all.
And his ways are so mysterious, his manner can't be read.
Artie the enigma, knows he's better dead than read.
And he watches over all the little children in his flock
Artemis, the little boy, the boy who couldn't talk.
Oh, he's righteous and just.
In Artie we trust, he knows it all. (Artie knows it all.)
Oh, Artie knows what we don't.
Artie does what we won't.
Artie does it all.
Artie knows it all. (Artie knows it all.)
He knows it all. (He knows it all.)
Artie knows it all. (Artie knows it all.)
Oh, Artie knows what we don't.
Artie does what we won't.
Artie knows what we don't.
And Artie does what we won't.
Oh, he's righteous and just.
In Artie we trust, he knows it all. (Artie knows it all.)
Oh, Artie knows what we don't.
Artie does what we won't.
Artie knows it all. (Artie knows it all.)
Artie knows it all.
(He knows it all.)
Artie does what we won't. (Knows it all)
(Artie knows it all.)
And Artie knows what we don't. (He knows it all.)
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17. In the Zone
We're one big family, out here in the Zone.
We have each other and we feel right at home.
We have all we need, except a mind of our own.
in the Zone.
It doesn't rain here and it never gets cold.
Mr. Sun shines like the rest of us, he does what he's told.
And the one we owe it all to's only seven years old.
In the Zone.
And you can't get over it.
And you can't get under it.
And you can't walk around it.
You can't even get close to it.
It's awfully quiet here, you can't hear a sound.
No birds fly over, there's no birds to be found.
I guess it's better than a hole in the ground.
In the Zone.
The true believers were the first to be saved.
They were the first to take their place in the caves.
We don't get older here, no we never age.
In the Zone.
And there's no trouble here
And there's no war.
Nobody's hungry here
And nobody's poor.
Inside the fishbowl all our troubles are gone.
Behind the barrier, life goes on.
In the Zone. In the Zone.
In the Zone. In the Zone.
The one we owe it all to's only seven years old.
In the Zone.
And you can't get over it.
And you can't get under it.
And you can't walk around it.
You can't even get close to it.
Here in the Zone.
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18. Behind the Barrier, Pt. 2
(Behind the barrier.)
(Behind the barrier.)
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19. March of the Artemites
Instrumental
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20. This Perfect Place, Pt. 2
We got the cutest little cameras hanging everywhere, oh yeah.
But after a while, you just forget they're there.
What a perfect place.
This perfect place.
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21. Letter From the Shelter
Well we'd all go down to our caverns underground
And in our backyard caves, we'd hear the sirens sound
And we took it very well, when then black rains fell
When the dust came down around us, we were safe and sound
It was baby needs shoes, the PTA and barbecues
And it was two-handed touch out on the white house lawn
And we were nobody's fools, filling in the swimming pools
We poured concrete and steel when the neighbors had gone
Now we all live here together
Yes, we all live here as one
Now we all share the comforts
Of a hole in the ground
And we all remember living in the sun.
Here in the shelter.
We heard nuclear freeze, we heard first-strike strategies.
We heard how to pay the taxman when the big one falls.
We heard good guys and bad guys, we heard little lies and big lies
About who comes out the winners and it's not that bad at all
But when a madman gets a gun, he's gonna point it at someone
If it's up in Texas tower, or over there across the pond
And if you step on his pride, or if he hurts somewhere inside
He might let one fly when his nerves are gone
Now we all live here together
Yes we all live here as one
Now we all share the comforts
Of a hole in the ground
And we all remember living in the sun.
Here in the shelter.
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22. What Artie Knows, Pt. 2
Oh, he's righteous and just.
In Artie we trust.
He knows it all.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, what Artie knows that we don't
Artie does what we won't, Artie knows it all.
He knows it all.
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23. One Star Falling
Can a man be really sure of his spot
Can he hold on to the little that he thinks he's got
Can he look around him and trust what he sees
And can a woman be sure she'll still have a home
When the whole world leaves her all alone
Will she wake up with the flood around her knees
Needing one star falling?
Is there one star falling?
I see a man in a little back room
The shades are drawn and in the gloom
I see him on the floor with his head in his hands
And now he rises up with a vacant stare
As the camera fades and leaves him there
But still the picture remains of a broken man
Needing one star falling
Give me One star falling
Is There One star falling?
Is There One star falling?
So close your eyes and rest your head
Turn off the tv and go to bed
Will it still be there when you wake up
Cause danger rides on the wind tonight
And reason flickers like candlelight
So look up to the sky and wish for luck
Wish for one star falling
Wish for one star falling
Is there one star falling?
Please
Give me one star falling
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24. Baby's at the Door
Well there's something going on here in the zone today
What's happening to the barrier it's fading away
And Artemis is missing and the night is growing cool
And there where he was standing is just a little pink pool
And he's simply left us on our own.
Left us stranded in the wilderness and took away the Zone
No we won't need him anymore.
He left a basket at the orphanage, the baby's at the door.
The baby's at the door. (The baby's at the door.)
Well we all should have realized Utopia can't last
We should have learned a bitter lesson from the past.
And as I look out on the ruins we defend
I can't help thinking that someday he'll come again.
And he's simply left us on our own.
Left us stranded in the wilderness and took away the zone.
No we won't need him anymore.
He left a basket at the orphanage, the baby's at the door.
The baby's at the door. (The baby's at the door.)
The baby's at the door.
The baby's at the door. (The baby's at the door.)
The baby's at the door. (The baby's at the door.)
The baby's at the door. (The baby's at the door.)
The baby's at the door.
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25. Untitled
* This is a song not on the original album?
I have no earthly idea where my father got his hands on it,
but it is clearly a track from Artemis's world. Either way,
it is a good example to point to as to the underlying tensions
that were building in the Zone between the Artemites and the other groups.
Well, throw them back and make 'em fly. Send them back to paradise.
We don't need those people here, watch them go without a tear.
This soil belongs to the Artemites, won't give it up without a fight.
Well we were here, we were first.
There ain't no room, it's about to burst.
Artie, when we need you, you are nowhere to be found.
Artie, run these people out of town.
These strangers just don't understand, there ain't not jobs and there ain't no land.
They could not make it over there, they've come to take away my share
They look weird, talk funny too, I heard about the things they do.
Let's take their money, take their homes, they don't belong here in the Zone.
Artie, when we need you, you are nowhere to be found.
Artie, run these people out of town.
Artie, we believe in you, but you are not around.
Let's burn this place right down to the ground. Right down to the ground.
Let's burn this place right down to the ground.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you, you are nowhere to be found.
Artie, run these people out of town.
Artie, we believe in you, but you are not around.
Let's burn this place right down to the ground. Right down to the ground.
Let's burn this place right down to the ground.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
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26. Requiem
(Artemis. Artemis. Come back. Come back.)
(Artemis. Come back. Come back.)
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27. Boy Who Can't Talk, Pt. 2
Well they offer you money, but money don't mean much to you.
And they feed you with flattery, to get you to show them the things that you do.
And thousands are waiting outside, just to walk where you walk. Where you walk.
And the whole world is screaming for words, from a boy who can't talk.
You're just a boy who can't talk.
You're just a boy who can't talk.
You're a boy, you're just a boy who can't talk.
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2. To Live Forever
3. Pink World
4. What I See :: Video
5. To Live Forever, Pt. 2
6. Power
7. In the Forest
8. Boy Who Can't Talk :: Song
9. Stranger
10. What I See, Pt. 2
11. Shepherd
12. Behind the Barrier :: Video
13. Pink World Coming Down
14. Breath
15. This Perfect Place
16. What Artie Knows
17. In the Zone
18. Behind the Barrier, Pt. 2
19. March of the Artemites
20. This Perfect Place, Pt. 2
21. Letter From the Shelter
22. What Artie Knows, Pt. 2
23. One Star Falling
24. Baby's at the Door
25. Untitled
26. Requiem
27. Boy Who Can't Talk, Pt. 2
1. In the Woods -
Instrumental
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2. To Live Forever
In a little nowhere town, way out deep in the woods
Sits a little nowhere factory, making household goods
With a little nothing river, flowing by their back door
You won't find any fishes, there ain't no fish in there no more
And the signs said: Don't drink the water, don't wade in the pool.
No, don't come here at all.
And the people said: You drank the water? There's nothing we can do.
There's no one we can call.
Now I guess I'm gonna live forever
Find myself a cave, and hide me away
Yes, I'm gonna live forever.
Find myself a cave and hide me away.
When I got up out of bed today, my room was glowing pink.
I could see into the future, I could hear what the people think.
I saw visions in my head, I saw things I should not see.
I saw rows and rows of bleeding hands, reaching out for me.
And the signs said: Don't drink the water, don't wade in the pool.
No, don't come here at all.
And the people said: You drank the water? There's nothing we can do.
There's no one we can call.
Now I guess I'm gonna live forever
Find myself a cave, and hide me away
Yes, I'm gonna live forever.
Find myself a cave and hide me away.
And the people said: Guess you're gonna live forever.
Find yourself a cave and hide you away.
Guess you're gonna live forever.
Find yourself a cave and hide you away.
Don't drink the water. Danger. Don't drink the water. Danger. Don't drink the water. Danger. Don't drink the water.
Now I guess I'm gonna live forever
Find myself a cave, and hide me away
Yes, I'm gonna live forever.
Find myself a cave and hide me away.
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3. Pink World
There's a pink world (pink world) coming down. (It's coming down.)
Watch out, there's a pink world (pink world), and it's coming down. (It's coming down.)
In a quiet little village by the sea
I hear it calling, and it calls for you and me.
So, leave your riches and your houses on the hills
Cancel all your credit cards and settle all your bills
Cause you won't need them anymore
Close down the factories blow up all the stores.
Cause there's a pink world (pink world) coming down. (It's coming down.)
Watch out, there's a pink world (pink world), and it's coming down. (It's coming down.)
Once I stood New York with a sign saying:
The end is coming, friends, repent while there's still time.
I will admit that no one really seemed to hear.
They would laugh and point their fingers at my sandals and my beard.
Now they listen when I say (Listen when I say.)
I have proof, cause I read it in a supermart today.
There's a pink world (pink world) coming down. (It's coming down.)
Watch out, there's a pink world (pink world), and it's coming down. (It's coming down.)
And it rolls like an avalanche, and it will sweep you away.
Yes, it rolls like an avalanche, and it will carry us away.
(It's a pink world.) And it's a pink world.
It's a pink world. (It's a pink world.)
And it rolls like an avalanche, and it will sweep us away.
Yes, it rolls like an avalanche, and it will carry us away.
Yes, it rolls like an avalanche, and it will sweep you away.
Yes, it rolls like an avalanche, and it will carry us away.
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4. What I See :: Video
I see a planet that's glowing red.
I see the millions burning in their beds.
I see the beauty that might have been,
Torn from the future by hungry looking men.
I have the same dreams every night
I wake up shaking in the morning light
I don't know what could be expected of me.
I only know that I believe what I see.
And you, do you see what I see? (Do you see what I see?)
Yeah, you, do you see what I see? (Do you see what I see?)
What I see.
This isn't quite the way I thought it would be
It seems they want to make a symbol of me
I have the power that can keep us alive
It's a sugar-coated pill and its bitter inside.
I have the same dreams every night
I wake up shaking in the morning light
I don't know what could be expected of me.
I only know that I believe what I see.
And you, do you see what I see? (Do you see what I see?)
Yeah, you, do you see what I see? (Do you see what I see?)
What I see. (What I see.) What I see.
(What I see.) (What I see.) (What I see.)
Yeah, you, do you see what I see?
Hey, you, can you see what I see?
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5. To Live Forever, Pt. 2
(You drank the water? Well, there's nothing we can do. There's no one we can call.)
(I guess I'm gonna live forever. Find myself a cave and hide me away...)
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6. Power
Power. What holds it up? What makes it fly, that can't be done!
Power. The boy's got the right stuff. I can see it in his eyes, he thinks it's fun.
Power. Now be a good little man, can you show me that again? I bet you can't.
Power. Okay. You win, you can. But point it away, don't get the boy mad.
Oh, we'll keep you.
We'll be watching you and we'll study you.
And Artie, oh, we'll teach you.
So you'll use it right and you'll join the fight.
And Artie, oh, we need you.
When your country calls, and these hallowed halls are waiting.
Oh, this is straight from the top.
We'll never stop, we can't be stopped with your power.
We need your power.
Power. Do you see these stones? Can you make them burn, from miles away?
Power. No, you can't go home. We know you'll learn to love this place.
Oh, we'll keep you.
We'll be watching you and we'll study you.
And Artie, oh, we'll teach you.
So you'll use it right and you'll join the fight.
And Artie, oh, we need you.
When your country calls, and these hallowed halls are waiting.
Oh, this is straight from the top.
We'll never stop, we can't be stopped with your power.
We need your power.
We need your power.
Power. We need your power.
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7. In the Forest
(Artemis.)
(Artemis.)
(Don't go in there, come back. Come back.)
(Artemis. Come back.)
(Come back.)
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8. Boy Who Can't Talk
Well, they're all so afraid of you, what you do with your mind.
They hide you and shut you away, just keep you in line.
And thousands are waiting outside, just to walk where you walk. Where you walk.
And the newspaper's screaming for words, from a boy who can't talk.
You're just a boy who can't talk, Artemis.
Well, they offer you money, but money don't mean much to you.
And they feed you with flattery to get you to show them the things that you do.
And thousands are waiting outside, just to walk where you walk. Where you walk.
And the newspaper's screaming for words, from a boy who can't talk.
And you'd like to say leave me alone, would you all get away?
And you wish you were safely at home
And you wish that somebody would stand up and say:
He's a boy. A boy who can't talk.
Just a boy, a boy who can't talk.
And the whole world is screaming for words, from a boy who can't talk.
A boy who can't talk. Artemis. Artemis.
He's a boy, a boy who can't talk. Just a boy, a boy who can't talk.
He's a boy, a boy who can't talk. Just a boy, a boy who can't talk.
Artemis. Come home.
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9. Stranger
He sits alone in one small room of a shabby railroad flat.
He reads his yellow clippings, folds them up and puts them back.
He knows that the world's not the place that it seems
And, oh, he dreams there's somebody there.
He stifles his emotion, and he wipes them from his face
He shuffles round his secret things hidden in their secret place
And nobody knows where the stranger will go
And, oh, as you know, nobody cares.
And he comes when he's summoned, and he does what must be done.
And he lives for the movement, he takes pride in being one
Of the lucky and the chosen and the perfect men
And the stranger is with us again.
And nobody knows where the stranger will go.
And, oh, you know, that nobody cares. No, nobody cares.
And he comes when he's summoned, and he does what must be done.
And he lives for the movement, he takes pride in being one
Of the lucky and the chosen and the perfect men
And the stranger is with us again.
From a valley in the Rhineland, to the deserts of Iran
From a village they call Jonestown, to a meeting of the Klan
No one can know where the strangers will go
But, oh, you know, they'll always be there.
And they come when they're summoned, and they do what must be done.
And they live for their movement, they take pride in being some
Of the lucky and the chosen and the perfect men
And the strangers are with us again.
Yes, the strangers are with us again.
And the strangers are with us again.
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10. What I See, Pt. 2
(Hey, you, do you see what I see? Hey, you, can you see what I see?)
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11. Shepherd
I saw a story in the papers, waiting at the check-out stand
Bout a very special boy and the thousands in his hands
(Is this just the latest fashion, or is there something there for me?)
I think I'll see. I think I'll see.
I read it in the tea leave and I've had that dream again
I've been born again so often, that this time I'm sure it's him.
(Could this be the second coming? Of the one who sets me free?)
I think I'll see.
They say he wears a halo if you get up close to him
They say he'll lead us all out of the danger that we're in.
And they say he is the Shepherd and we all should follow him.
Is that him?
(Artemis. Artemis. Artemis.)
And they say he wears a halo if you get up close to him
They say he'll lead us all out of the danger that we're in.
And they say he is the Shepherd and we all should follow him.
Is that him?
(Artemis.)
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12. Behind the Barrier :: Video
In the closing minutes of free-zone time, with the worlds hanging over the edge.
As the messages flew down the red hot lines, we did the body counts in our heads.
And the true believers looked on and laughed as the landscape cracked and bled.
Behind the barrier. Behind the barrier.
And we still don't know how he did it, and I wonder how high it goes.
I only know that life goes on for the lucky ones here in the Zone.
And the true believers looked on and laughed 'til the last cruise missile had flown.
Behind the barrier. (Behind the barrier.) Behind the barrier.
And the minutemen stood as we knew they would, and the world went temporarily sane.
And the radio said: My God cover your heads and get out of the boiling rain.
Get behind the barrier.
Behind the barrier.
Behind the barrier. (Behind the barrier.)
And the minutemen stood as we knew they would, and the world went temporarily sane.
And the radio said: My God cover your heads and get out of the boiling rain.
And the true believers looked on and laughed as the last cruise missile had flown
And life goes on for the lucky ones out here in the Zone
Behind the barrier. Behind the barrier.
Get behind the barrier.
Get behind the barrier.
Get behind the barrier.
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13. Pink World Coming Down
Well, there's a pink world coming down.
There's a pink world and it's coming down.
And it rolls like an avalanche and it will sweep us away.
Yes, it rolls like an avalanche and it will carry us away.
Carry us away.
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14. Breath
Instrumental
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15. This Perfect Place
I heard a whisper in the tunnels today, oh yeah.
They were coming for my neighbor and they took him away, oh yeah.
He was preaching revolution, when he talked in his sleep, oh yeah.
And his mother called security and sold him out cheap, oh yeah.
What a perfect place. (This perfect place.)
Everywhere you look you can see his face.
This perfect place. (This perfect place.)
It's such a comfort when he knows what you think, oh yeah.
It's a little like Santa Claus faded to pink, oh yeah.
We got the cutest little cameras hanging everywhere, oh yeah.
After a while you just forget they're there, oh yeah.
What a perfect place. (This perfect place.)
Everywhere you look you can see his face.
This perfect place. Oh yeah, what a perfect place. (This perfect place.)
This perfect place. (This perfect place.)
We got the cutest little cameras hanging everywhere, oh yeah.
After a while you just forget they're there, oh yeah.
What a perfect place. (This perfect place.)
This perfect place. (This perfect place.)
What a perfect place. (This perfect place.)
Everywhere you look you can see his face.
This perfect place. Oh yeah.
What a perfect place. (This perfect place.)
Everywhere you look you can see his face.
This perfect place. Oh yeah.
This perfect place. (This perfect place.)
This perfect place. (This perfect place.)
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16. What Artie Knows
Well he must have his reasons, he must have a master plan
Since he took way the season and replaced the common man
With a face that never ages, lips that do not speak
A book with many pages, no one dares to read.
Oh, he's righteous and just.
In Artie we trust, he knows it all.
Oh, Artie knows what we don't.
Artie does what we won't.
Artie knows it all.
Artie knows it all.
And his ways are so mysterious, his manner can't be read.
Artie the enigma, knows he's better dead than read.
And he watches over all the little children in his flock
Artemis, the little boy, the boy who couldn't talk.
Oh, he's righteous and just.
In Artie we trust, he knows it all. (Artie knows it all.)
Oh, Artie knows what we don't.
Artie does what we won't.
Artie does it all.
Artie knows it all. (Artie knows it all.)
He knows it all. (He knows it all.)
Artie knows it all. (Artie knows it all.)
Oh, Artie knows what we don't.
Artie does what we won't.
Artie knows what we don't.
And Artie does what we won't.
Oh, he's righteous and just.
In Artie we trust, he knows it all. (Artie knows it all.)
Oh, Artie knows what we don't.
Artie does what we won't.
Artie knows it all. (Artie knows it all.)
Artie knows it all.
(He knows it all.)
Artie does what we won't. (Knows it all)
(Artie knows it all.)
And Artie knows what we don't. (He knows it all.)
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17. In the Zone
We're one big family, out here in the Zone.
We have each other and we feel right at home.
We have all we need, except a mind of our own.
in the Zone.
It doesn't rain here and it never gets cold.
Mr. Sun shines like the rest of us, he does what he's told.
And the one we owe it all to's only seven years old.
In the Zone.
And you can't get over it.
And you can't get under it.
And you can't walk around it.
You can't even get close to it.
It's awfully quiet here, you can't hear a sound.
No birds fly over, there's no birds to be found.
I guess it's better than a hole in the ground.
In the Zone.
The true believers were the first to be saved.
They were the first to take their place in the caves.
We don't get older here, no we never age.
In the Zone.
And there's no trouble here
And there's no war.
Nobody's hungry here
And nobody's poor.
Inside the fishbowl all our troubles are gone.
Behind the barrier, life goes on.
In the Zone. In the Zone.
In the Zone. In the Zone.
The one we owe it all to's only seven years old.
In the Zone.
And you can't get over it.
And you can't get under it.
And you can't walk around it.
You can't even get close to it.
Here in the Zone.
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18. Behind the Barrier, Pt. 2
(Behind the barrier.)
(Behind the barrier.)
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19. March of the Artemites
Instrumental
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20. This Perfect Place, Pt. 2
We got the cutest little cameras hanging everywhere, oh yeah.
But after a while, you just forget they're there.
What a perfect place.
This perfect place.
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21. Letter From the Shelter
Well we'd all go down to our caverns underground
And in our backyard caves, we'd hear the sirens sound
And we took it very well, when then black rains fell
When the dust came down around us, we were safe and sound
It was baby needs shoes, the PTA and barbecues
And it was two-handed touch out on the white house lawn
And we were nobody's fools, filling in the swimming pools
We poured concrete and steel when the neighbors had gone
Now we all live here together
Yes, we all live here as one
Now we all share the comforts
Of a hole in the ground
And we all remember living in the sun.
Here in the shelter.
We heard nuclear freeze, we heard first-strike strategies.
We heard how to pay the taxman when the big one falls.
We heard good guys and bad guys, we heard little lies and big lies
About who comes out the winners and it's not that bad at all
But when a madman gets a gun, he's gonna point it at someone
If it's up in Texas tower, or over there across the pond
And if you step on his pride, or if he hurts somewhere inside
He might let one fly when his nerves are gone
Now we all live here together
Yes we all live here as one
Now we all share the comforts
Of a hole in the ground
And we all remember living in the sun.
Here in the shelter.
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22. What Artie Knows, Pt. 2
Oh, he's righteous and just.
In Artie we trust.
He knows it all.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, what Artie knows that we don't
Artie does what we won't, Artie knows it all.
He knows it all.
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23. One Star Falling
Can a man be really sure of his spot
Can he hold on to the little that he thinks he's got
Can he look around him and trust what he sees
And can a woman be sure she'll still have a home
When the whole world leaves her all alone
Will she wake up with the flood around her knees
Needing one star falling?
Is there one star falling?
I see a man in a little back room
The shades are drawn and in the gloom
I see him on the floor with his head in his hands
And now he rises up with a vacant stare
As the camera fades and leaves him there
But still the picture remains of a broken man
Needing one star falling
Give me One star falling
Is There One star falling?
Is There One star falling?
So close your eyes and rest your head
Turn off the tv and go to bed
Will it still be there when you wake up
Cause danger rides on the wind tonight
And reason flickers like candlelight
So look up to the sky and wish for luck
Wish for one star falling
Wish for one star falling
Is there one star falling?
Please
Give me one star falling
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24. Baby's at the Door
Well there's something going on here in the zone today
What's happening to the barrier it's fading away
And Artemis is missing and the night is growing cool
And there where he was standing is just a little pink pool
And he's simply left us on our own.
Left us stranded in the wilderness and took away the Zone
No we won't need him anymore.
He left a basket at the orphanage, the baby's at the door.
The baby's at the door. (The baby's at the door.)
Well we all should have realized Utopia can't last
We should have learned a bitter lesson from the past.
And as I look out on the ruins we defend
I can't help thinking that someday he'll come again.
And he's simply left us on our own.
Left us stranded in the wilderness and took away the zone.
No we won't need him anymore.
He left a basket at the orphanage, the baby's at the door.
The baby's at the door. (The baby's at the door.)
The baby's at the door.
The baby's at the door. (The baby's at the door.)
The baby's at the door. (The baby's at the door.)
The baby's at the door. (The baby's at the door.)
The baby's at the door.
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25. Untitled
* This is a song not on the original album?
I have no earthly idea where my father got his hands on it,
but it is clearly a track from Artemis's world. Either way,
it is a good example to point to as to the underlying tensions
that were building in the Zone between the Artemites and the other groups.
Well, throw them back and make 'em fly. Send them back to paradise.
We don't need those people here, watch them go without a tear.
This soil belongs to the Artemites, won't give it up without a fight.
Well we were here, we were first.
There ain't no room, it's about to burst.
Artie, when we need you, you are nowhere to be found.
Artie, run these people out of town.
These strangers just don't understand, there ain't not jobs and there ain't no land.
They could not make it over there, they've come to take away my share
They look weird, talk funny too, I heard about the things they do.
Let's take their money, take their homes, they don't belong here in the Zone.
Artie, when we need you, you are nowhere to be found.
Artie, run these people out of town.
Artie, we believe in you, but you are not around.
Let's burn this place right down to the ground. Right down to the ground.
Let's burn this place right down to the ground.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you, you are nowhere to be found.
Artie, run these people out of town.
Artie, we believe in you, but you are not around.
Let's burn this place right down to the ground. Right down to the ground.
Let's burn this place right down to the ground.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
Artie, when we need you.
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26. Requiem
(Artemis. Artemis. Come back. Come back.)
(Artemis. Come back. Come back.)
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27. Boy Who Can't Talk, Pt. 2
Well they offer you money, but money don't mean much to you.
And they feed you with flattery, to get you to show them the things that you do.
And thousands are waiting outside, just to walk where you walk. Where you walk.
And the whole world is screaming for words, from a boy who can't talk.
You're just a boy who can't talk.
You're just a boy who can't talk.
You're a boy, you're just a boy who can't talk.
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