Gathering Of Freaks - 1994

THE GATHERING   The closet doors are open wide and who you are you no more will hide the darkened world once gray and gloom now through the ice young flowers bloom you stood apart from all the rest but that never made you any less alone my friend you no more will be it’s the gathering of freaks   ENEMY   Look at me, tell me what you see when you look at me but can you see through the wall they’ve built between you and me do you believe that the things you say have been planted inside your head can you unweave all the tales and lies they have told you about me   there  ain’t no difference in the colour of our blood just unknown fear that makes you hate   enemy enemy   from the day you were born they’ve had their way and you believe there is nothing good in me holy war ‘cause you’re blinded by the book that you adore evermore will you live by the hate your father did before   if you would touch my hand I think you’d understand I ain’t no different from yourself   enemy enemy enemy enemy look into my eyes and see who you call your enemy ain’t always the person you’d expect throw your weapon from your hands bury it beneath the sand a bullet always kills more than the person that it hits   STAND BACK   They kick him in the face he lies in the gutter screaming like a pig going to the slaughter don’t anyone see what’s going on don’t anyone know when wrong is done   stand back and watch and don’t do nothing stand back and watch and don’t do nothing don’t wanna see, don’t wanna hear you’d rather turn your back to what you fear   you hear her scream from the place next door you know it ain’t a dream and he’s back for more ripping off her clothes she’s banging on your wall turn your t.v up you don’t wanna make the call ...   RAPING THE CRADLE   Daddy’s eyes invade the room sees his little girl in bloom familiar breath and she awakes unwanted hands caress her legs she’s crying and she’s begging not to hurt her anymore but he just keeps on taking what he came here for   ch: he’s raping the cradle, breaking the trust shattering her dreams with animal lust disturbing pictures in pretty frames a home that will never be the same   wounded child the soul is cut sheets of linen stained with blood afraid, she cannot comprehend was that her daddy, was that her friend   and mommy won’t believe it and he cannot undo her golden youth defeated her love for life destroyed   ch:   they’re raising a cross, with her name upon in fields of broken dolls who’ll never be the same again ...   BIG BLACK HOLE   Hear the scream from the bottom exploding at the top those supressed and subdued now running amok take no more civil war now the weak has cracked the shell had enough long enough of this never ending hell   and all the promises that were never ever true just words between the lines that are only held by glue   feel the heat from the fire melting down the ice years restraint at the bottom now open their eyes   now they see the light burning through their night living in a big black hole break the chains cut the reins you should be free living in a big black hole   throw the king from his castle let him rule no more bring forth the new and improved he will end the war...   THE TREE   At the dawn of time in a golden shine a gentle hand reached down deep into the ground to the heavens we call for the rain to fall from the earth we’d rise towards the open skies from the city they came with their chainsaws drawn in the forest green there would be a murder scene one by one they cut us down like wounded soldiers falling to the ground now thinking we were dead they severed our bodies from our heads   ch: I know they never see the beauty in a tree just keep on cutting down till there will be no more naked to the core cross the open land every tree will fall to man   now I’m waking up but where’s the sky above don’t hear no sound of birds I’m still alive ‘cause I hurt in this empty room where no flowers bloom I have met my down I have been entombed once a beautiful tree they made a chair of me from my skin and flesh they have built a tool of death now they bring him near I can taste the smell of fear in my lap of death it’s my turn to sear the flesh ch:   bridge: I cannot believe what they’ve done to me I cannot escape my unlucky fate I cannot forgive what they make me live I will not forget, I survive on hate   I know they never see the beauty in a tree just keep on cutting down the slaughter never stops can’t seem to get enough just keep on cutting down till there will be no more naked to the core acreoss the open land every tree will fall to man bridge:   CANDLE   Laughing eyes with tears restraint naked canvas craving paint the river drowns the one who cannot swim emotions under lock and key bursting, dying to be free trapped inside the soul of someone else   ch: I burn the candle in the falling rain, I won’t survive   memories are ripped and torn love conceived but never born choking on the words that won’t come out   endless road of waste teenage fate conceals the truth heaven wasn’t close enough for you   ch:(2) can’t you see me falling right over the edge into the bottomless pit ch:(2)   NEED   Innocent soul, troubled mind the needle pricks the skin close my eyes and fade away soon I’m in your world it’s peaceful here just you and I no one to fight or fear nothing matters only me my pain has disappeared   ch: only in your world can I dream escape from reality the pain buried within only from your hands will I take the love and life you offer me the addiction I begin   suddenly but quietly you came upon me a wolf in sheep’s clothing I let you close to me and in disguise you told me lies the friend I never had I was weak I gave up hope I desperately needed you   ch:   my family and friends I have caused a lot of pain their accusations I deny but in my face they see my lies now I hang around your door  ‘cause everyday I need you more and more   ch:     OPEN SPACE   Feel like an animal caged in a zoo there’s always someone watching what it is I do can’t find a place to hide escape from it all ain’t got no wings to fly can only crawl I’m gonna leave get up and go just put it all behind don’t wanna know   ch: give me an open space where I may roam a sacred place to build my home run me a river wild of melting snow and wings to fly from high to low   don’t feel safe at home chain and bolt the door under my pillow ies a loaded 44 can smell the dirty streets rotting away can hear my neighbour beat his wife everyday   ch:   there is no escape from mass population people living more like ants everyday you cannot present world devastation as cities crumble to the ground         GET IT YOURSELF   You’ve let me down for the last time pushed yourself right over this edge bad mouthed me on word too many what did I do to you?   why are you so angry with life you’ve cut the line between us in half not a word you said, do you regret and leave your guilty knife deep in my back   ch; your ears are deaf to every word I say your eyes won’t see what you have done to me but every good thing’s got to face the end I’ll leave you hangin’ by the neck my friend If you want it go and get yourself I am never going to be your slave   when you were thirsty I gave you water and fed you bread right from my hands when rain and snow would make you shiver I kept you warm inside my home   why do you insist on taking and never think of giving back you still believe that what you do ain’t wrong and keep on singing the same old song   ch:   POWERLESS   Earth is shaking all around buildings crumbling to the ground screaming people crowd the streets broken glass cut shoeless feet someone is calling for a friend another asking is this the end   ch: powerless powerless just a grain of sand caught in nature’s hand   river overflows the land killing animal and man can’t escape it, cannot hide the lucky few await the tide   ch:(2)   wind is beating down the door hurricane has reached this shore throwing houses in the air leaving families in despair ch:   THE PARTING   The curtain’s down the bar has closed to you my friend one final toast I see you’ve found ‘your’ smile again I hope this moment will always remain and in your heart I think you know it doesn’t matter where you go alone my friend you no more will be it’s the gathering of freaks.   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- © 1994 Music For Nations Gathering of  Freaks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- FREAK OF NATURE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tramp - vocals Jerry Best - bass Dennis Chick - guitar r. side Johnny Haro - drums Kenny Korade - guitar l. side ----------------------------------------------------------------------------