The Raging Fire
2004
The Sun Will Rise
(Slamer/Greer)
It seems so long ago you said goodbye
You left me all alone to sit and wonder why
With each passing day I felt myself grow strong
Now I know I'm gonna make it on my own
And the Sun will rise
As sure as seasons change
I tell myself that life will go on
And if your heart still cries,
It's gonna fade away,
we’re gonna start a brand new day
Oh yeah, and the Sun will rise
It’s a lonely place called
“Heartbreak Lane”
You took me down that road and played your game
You said you needed me, baby you lied
Now I know I gotta leave it all behind
And the Sun will rise
As sure as seasons change
I tell myself that life will go on
And if your heart still cries,
It's gonna fade away,
We’re gonna start a brand new day
Yeah yeah, and the Sun will rise
Sun will rise
As sure as seasons change
Sun will rise
Gonna fade away
Sun will rise
Gonna start a brand new day
And the Sun will rise
As sure as seasons change
I tell myself that life will go on
And if your heart still cries,
It's gonna fade away,
we’re gonna start a brand new day
Yeah yeah, and the Sun will rise
Always From the Heart
(Slamer/Greer)
So many nights alone my thoughts run in circles
Fighting the demons in my head
Now all of the fear is gone,
the hurt turned to anger
I think of the things I should have said
Give it a second chance, taking another look
I’m laying it on the line,
my heart’s an open book
I’m not giving in to anger, not this time
I can’t keep it all inside,
believe it when I say it’s comin’
Always from the heart,
Always from the soul
I’ll never be afraid to let it show
Always from the heart,
Always from the soul
I’ll never be afraid to let it show
I’m not gonna be alone, no reason to hide
I'm not gonna take it any longer
Another page is turned,
another lesson learned
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
I’m taking a hard line look
at the choices that I make
I won’t lay down and roll over
no I won’t make that mistake
I’m not giving in to anger, not this time
I’m layin’ it on the line,
believe it when I say it’s coming
Always from the heart,
Always from the soul
I’ll never be afraid to let it show
Always from the heart,
Always from the soul
I’ll never be afraid to let it show
It's coming straight from the heart to you baby
Oh yeah, yeah
(chorus)
You Cross the Line
(Slamer/Greer)
All of your life, you never tried to see the plan
Holding inside, the things you’d never understand
Drifting in darkness now
You hear a sound that breaks the silence
Your mind’s working overtime,
you’re wondering what you’ll find
Drives you crazy!
You’re holding it deep inside
You might as well give it up,
It drives you crazy!, yeah yeah
Waking inside a dream,
When nothing is what it seems
Always alone, but you’re never lonely,
you’ll never be lonely
Wait for the sign,
show you the way back home
You’ll be ridin’ high,
Knowing time after time
You’re getting higher as you cross the line
Let go of your fear
Let go of all you thought was true
Take hold of the hand
That is reaching out for you
It's always been waiting there,
you’ll feel a peace that’s never ending
You just let it go sometime,
the wonders that you will find
Just amazing
Step to the other side,
You're taking another ride
It’s amazing! Oh yeah, yeah
Waking inside a dream,
When nothing is what it seems
Always alone, but you’re never lonely
you’ll never be lonely
Wait for the sign,
show you the way back home
(chorus)
An Ocean Away
(Slamer/Greer)
The cold rain falls on me tonight
And my thoughts turn to a better place
My body’s numb from the cold wind that blows
And I let my mind drift through time and space
Somewhere out there I know you are waiting
And I’m thinking of you and my heart is aching
My heart is aching
While an ocean away you lie sleeping
An ocean away you lie dreaming in our bed
I’m an ocean away and I’m crying, I am crying
Each day finds me farther away
And I second guess all the choices I’ve made
I need to see all the people I love
But I just can’t give up this dream I chase
Somewhere out there I know you are waiting, you're waiting
Oh, I’m thinking of you and my heart is aching
My heart is aching
While an ocean away you lie sleeping
An ocean away you lie dreaming in our bed
I’m an ocean away and I’m crying, I am crying
The wheels just keep turning out on this road I’m on
I’m trying, I’m learning, but I keep getting nowhere
While an ocean away you lie sleeping
An ocean away you lie dreaming in our bed
I’m an ocean away and I’m trying, I am trying
An ocean away, ocean away
An ocean away, ocean away
An ocean away, ocean away
The Raging Fire
(Slamer/Greer)
Lookin’ at the street lights as the rain falls down
Another cold and lonely night in this big city town
And an empty room is waiting with pictures on the wall
A gallery of broken dreams,
but still I’ve kept them all
Shaken by the hand of fate I tumble
All I’ve got I gave
Choking on our parting words I stumble
All I had to say
Won’t cool my desire
Nothing can control the raging fire
I lie awake at night and wonder, still the rain's coming down
Just try and make it through the night
As I listen to that lonely sound
But the memories aren’t fading
Like the pictures on the wall
Your jagged lies and alibis are all that breaks the fall
Shaken by the hand of fate I tumble
All I’ve got I gave
Choking on our parting words I stumble
All I had to say
Won’t cool my desire
Nothing can control the raging fire
But the memories aren’t fading
Like the pictures on the wall
Your jagged lies and alibis are all that breaks the fall
(chorus)
Sin City
(Slamer/Greer)
65 miles and we’re making good time
110 and the motor feels fine
Adrenalin rush when you see those lights
The neon town in the desert night
I’ve been saving my money for one night on the town
Find a sweet talking honey to help me party it down
I'm gonna be up all night
Get lost in a sea of lights
Give me one more night in old Sin City
Livin’ it up putting it down letting it ride
I need one more night in old Sin City
Gonna lay my money down baby everytime
Seven come eleven,
where’s Lady Luck
If you wanna win big you gotta spend a few bucks
Come line, double down,
Roulette wheel
And I’m gonna break the bank on the very next deal
Like a distant thunder,
growing deep in your soul
You get the mindset baby,
and then you get on a roll
Can’t make it in Hollywood
But I don’t care ‘cause it feels so good
(chorus)
The thrill of the deal, the spin of the wheel
The flash of the lights
I’ll never come down I’m riding that
merry-go-round tonight
Well it’s sink or swim,
do or die, crash or fly, tonight
In this desert neon town, if you want big money
If you want big money, you’ve gotta lay it down
(chorus)
It Should Have Been You
(Slamer/Greer)
I’m going through changes again,
living in dangerous times
Looking through different eyes,
and I’m all alone again
Each time I promise myself
To hold on, hold on
I keep it inside, that’s been the rule
Now all I see is I’ve been a fool
It should have been you who turned my world around
You promised you would,
It should have been you,
Give me strength to survive and keep hope alive
It’s true, it should have been you,
it should have been you
I, I know it’s a hard road ahead
there’s danger in every turn
And I’m watching out for the signs,
and lessons to learn
I can’t go on living alone
Gotta hold on, hold on
Life is unkind and love can be cruel
It’s all you believe when you’ve been a fool
It should have been you who turned my world around
You promised you would,
It should have been you,
Give me strength to survive and keep hope alive
It’s true, it should have been you,
it should have been you
It should have been you
who turned my world around
You promised you would,
It should have been you,
It should have been you,
It should have been you, yeah
(chorus)
Run
(Slamer/Greer)
A pretty woman, a one night stand,
A jealous lover with a gun in his hand
Got you tied to the scene of the crime
An innocent man in the wrong place at the wrong time
The heat of passion the flash of a gun
Ain’t no pity for a man on the run
Faded to black when he made his attack
You pack it in boy, hit the road
and never look back
But justice was denied
You’re a wanted man, dead or alive
Run, run, run
Nowhere to hide, you’re under the gun
Run, run, run
20 to life the damage is done
Run, run, run
Never saw it comin’ but you’re takin’ the fall
Never outrun the long arm of the law
Cloak and dagger in the still of the night
You better steal away boy,
hit the road, and stay out of sight
Wakin’ up in a cold, cold sweat
from a nightmare scene that you can’t forget
Hard time comin’ for a moment of fun
A cold hard fact for an innocent man on the run
(chorus)
Run, run, run
Pack it in boy, never look back
Run, run, run
Pack it in boy, hit the road, never look back
Run, run, run
Nowhere to hide, you’re under the gun
Run, run, run
20 to life
Pyramid Princess
(Slamer/Greer)
In the land of shifting sand in ancient days long gone
The curse of the pyramid princess
Was etched in a wall of stone
A man who died,
a man who tried to set her spirit free
Has stepped into a nightmare for all eternity
He’s running in slow motion caught up in a nightmare dream
His tortured soul cries out but he screams a silent scream
Unleash the power of the ancient Pharaoh’s tale
Locked in chains forever to the very gates of hell
Thunder, lightning, rolling on forever
Still their spirits linger on and on
You can hear the thunder, lightning,
And for all eternity,
They’ll walk the stone cold halls of that ancient rectory
In the tomb of desperate souls
hidden by the wind blown sand
The legend lives on of the princess
still cursed by the Pharaoh’s hand
You can hear the eerie moans echo through the catacombs
Lonely souls that walk the night,
lost in time forever
They’re running in slow motion
caught up in a nightmare dream
Their tortured souls cry out but
they scream a silent scream
Unleash the power of the ancient Pharaohs’s tale
Locked in chains forever to the very gates of hell
(chorus)
He’s running in slow motion caught up in a nightmare dream
His tortured soul cries out but he screams a silent scream
Unleash the power of the ancient Pharaoh’s tale
Locked in chains forever to the very gates of hell
(chorus)
Winds of War
(Slamer/Greer)
You can see it in the faces of people everywhere
Fear, desperation and pain
The curse of ancient enemies
passed from father to son
With the blood of hatred runnin’ through their veins
Look into the eyes of shattered souls,
lives destroyed by war
Images are burned into your brain
Oh the peace that we crave and the question we raise
The answers will stay hidden by the winds of war
Give praise to the father
Singin' “Hail to the Chief”
Young warriors marching to meet their destiny
You know that some will die
but who will cry for the children
Over land and water
Hell rains down from the sky
Brave sons and daughters
but fate decides who’ll live or die
We try to justify,
but who will cry for the children, yeah
Raise you head to the heavens and you pray
Make the images of war go away
Oh the solace we need
for the hearts that still bleed
Is hidden in the winds of war
If the answer is there for peace everywhere
It’s hidden in the winds of war
The winds of war
Hidden by the winds of war
The winds of war
In the name of God above look what we’ve done
In our lust for enemy blood,
we’ve blown it all to kingdom come
A holy sacrifice,
but no one cries for the children
(chorus)
Winds of war (repeat)
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