SAO - GODS AND MONSTERS

	LYRICS ( a rough guide to the various language samples used on this CD )
	01 • CHERUBIM* ( * redundant MP3 links ) Therefore The Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden, He drove out the man and He placed at the east of the Garden of Eden, Cherubim, and a Flaming Sword which turned every way to keep the way of The Tree of Life One tree A flaming sword Tree of life One tree A flaming sword Tree of life I dreamt that I was in a massive tree That stretched from coast to coast I dreamt that I was in a massive tree That stretched from coast to coast One tree From coast to coast One tree From coast to coast of Borneo He controlled the vigor of steam He harnessed the lightning for hire He drove the celestial team And man is the lord of the fire All around me were creatures I should have been afraid of And others that should have been afraid of me Once It just seemed like it had control of my life Total control Once It happened the first time Once it happened the first time It just seemed like it had control of my life from there on in Cherubim
	02 • PONY BOY One yearns for solace Without quite knowing where to look for it But I found it in you You pony boy You must know how completely How desperately I love you I need you Pony Boy I want You Pony Boy
	03 • AH, YES, AMERICA It's squeezing all the memory out... Ah, yes, America The Beast Threat level orange Ah, yes, America Blazing for freedom Red, white and blue Democracy Ground zero Democracy, whiskey, sexy Faking it for television Freedom You've stood with America and America has stood with you You've stood strong and firm If you believe in something you stand firm And America has stood with you In Sudan... Ah, yes, America The land of the free and the home of the brave Ah, yes, America The Great Satan In America Let me say to you how America feels Dark days are gone, those days are here In America
	04 • DR. CHANG Do you have a spirit guide to help you? Do you have a spirit guide to help you? Do you have a spirit guide to help you? Yes I do A Chinaman He's called Chang An old, wise Chinese man He wears a flat, black cap Also a bright blue tunic He's a very elderly gentleman Called Dr. Chang A typical Chinaman with a long white beard A flat black cap An old, wise Chinese man Dr. Chang Dr. Chang Call Dr. Chang What's his name? Dr. Chang Dr. Chang Call Dr. Chang What's his name? But you know his name Oh yes I know But you know his name And he has been with me all my life Doctor! Oh doctor baby! Dr. Chang Let the patient do it gradually So they begin to notice that there is change And always see that they keep to their doctor So that the whole of the time You are not interfering with the doctor's work The doctors work They will leave here, their lines of communication to the spirit world intact We can do what the doctors can't do What the doctors can't do We can do what the doctors can't do What the doctors can't do You won't be surprised to discover that you're not the first person Who says that they have a... a Dr. Chang as a spirit guide... Oh no, that's right, not at all, no... I mean he's a b...a busy fellow... (laugh) Well either he is or there are a number of them... What do you mean? Well, there could be a number of Chinese called Dr. Chang...
	05 • MOMENTS Moments of enlightenment and moments of ordinary mind Go back and forth Moments of enlightenment But then there are also valleys and moments of ordinary mind Moments of ordinary mind Go back and forth A distant landscape Ordinary days A blurred face in the crowd Of ordinary mind I saw there in my dream a valley in the shadow of death into which the blind have led the blind in all ages...
	06 • YOU It starts to glow It starts to get red And then the fire starts to build You cannot believe 'dat you are not consumed You are absolutely enveloped in this Huge amount of fire You-Where do you draw that line? Somebody's diggin' a trap For you Where do you draw that line? Now is the time-Are you even listening? You-You Americans Look up at a TV screen-What's the matter with you? You Americans-Do you have any sense? This was all a dream You-You're right up front Stumbling into a larger force You see no one walking around with a gas mask-Stay tuned You see no one running for cover-This was all a dream You-Were exposed Come on-Close your eyes-Where do you draw that line? Close your eyes-In this Post September Eleventh World You-The only thing that's gonna save us Superior fire power-So what are ya gonna do? It's gonna break it And take it apart piece by piece You-Rid this country of the regime that represses people See exactly what the state of the situation is-A little haunted by our failure You-You live with this, uh, with this anxious mind-Close your eyes It makes everyone crazy-Close your eyes-Are you hearin' what I'm sayin' today? YOU ARE TRAMPLING THE GARDEN OF AN ANGRY GOD You can cut it out of your life You listen to the countdown You-Want instant answers-The American Dream Have you ever wondered-What's inside this black box? You get out of my house you Judas bastard! Uh, if you're gonna blow a checkpoint, uh You're gonna get shot-You're, you're asking for death You-Hide in places-Cold blooded Lure us in-Slam the back door behind us Uh, you're going to do some damage Premeditated murder You-Are concerned about civilian casualties You're holding your breath-You will not change my core beliefs Listen to the voices of peace around the world You -Create the clear zones that we can blow through And can also listen to the call for peace from its own people You've been putting missiles next to mosques Draw us in The Dull, The Dirty and The Dangerous You died without mercy Where do you draw that line? You-Disapprove of them Killing people every day Belt buckle to belt buckle-Murdering people every day That's the America we live in You need to change You have to take over some cities-You Americans You talk about people You dig holes You makes scams on people Coerced, co-opted and corrupted You-You have to be the one that humbles themself You need to change You have to be the one that backs up That's the America we live in You have to be the one that goes the extra mile You have to be the one To try to pull them close to you Millions of people around the world To try to pull them close to you
	07 • THIS IS THE MACHINE I want to show you something This is a machine we can use together Television - uhm, I turn on the TV Using that machine It can put us in a deep state of hypnosis Deep into a trance state Together And you'd be very relaxed and very comfortable Relax This is the machine the machine is playing the music We know that it interacts with the human psyche You are one of the machines This is a machine we can use together Together You wouldn't be alone Alone How do you feel about that? I don't think you're ready for it
	08 • DECADE We now move forward in time for a moment Think of me as your unseen host Think of me And believe I shall be with you in spirit I shall be with you in spirit He had been there for so long He could not change For so long Follow me for a moment Watch this: He had been there for so long He could not change Lord have Mercy For so long Lord have Mercy So long You've been with that person Or you've been at that job Or you been in this So long But he been with you Or it been with you Or you've been with that person Or you've been at that job Or you been in this For so long Where have you been? And I'm spending my time crying And I'm spending my time crying And trying To bring it Back alive If I could go back in time To sunshine and rainbows We need to stick together now If I could go back in time To sunshine and rainbows Would you give me that chance?
	09 • REFLECTIONS OF A TRANSPARENT MAN
	10 • CENOTAPH The truth Of the Human Spirit One bright light It can change the world One spirit And I believe it with all my heart If you tell me the truth I'll believe it, I promise Why shouldn't you believe? It can change the world I really believe this Yes, I believe that And I believe it with all my heart Not blindly though You need to perceive the truth I believe because I know Because by one spirit Are we all baptized In the one body The truth Here and now To know yourself is to know God, my friend What else is there? In time, you'll know Ashes to ashes Dust to dust Ashes to dust Dust to ashes One bright light, Millions of people One spirit We saw one bright light on the earth That one that's rising up One bright light, Millions of people One spirit We saw one bright light on the earth that, uh, was different than all the rest And you can be that one If you wanna be I'm here Hallelujah You can be that one Someone with whom you can share your life You can be that one Side by side My first and last hope The obsession, Let it go They seemed in the view of the foolish To be dead And their passing away was thought an affliction And their going forth from us Utter destruction But they are in peace One day after He's gone It's virtually, they tell us It's like walking into the next room The people we've lost are in the next room Just beyond our reach Did it change your life? The people we've lost Did it change your life much? There's people who just won't change People, Millions of people And nothing you can do will change those people Spirit No Soul No Religion No Culture No History No Human speech I shall be with you in spirit We have not had the same past You and ourselves But we shall have strictly the same future
	11 • RADIO PROMETHEUS
	12 • ANDY'S DISCLAIMER Death is a beautiful experience You never experience what life is all about if you are not able to die No doubt you'll find that out for yourself The question is really what does it mean to die with dignity Well, people when they are facing death Often put aside the pretense And begin to take a look at the meaning of their life And we could all learn from that experience There are people who have been fighters and rebels all their life long There is nothing more solitary than an artist's life And by golly, they wanna die that way No doubt you'll find that out for yourself The question really is what it means to die with dignity Just feeling a bit lonesome, you know? He's just gone, he's just not here It was almost as if Andy was living the last years of his life on borrowed time Andy was happy And Andy always would say things like: Well, Death can really make you look like a star When people would die Andy would just think it was so abstract That's what he'd always say It's just too abstract
	13 • SOMEWHERE, SOMEBODY, SOMEHOW, SOMETIME
	14 • ENANTIODROMIA PT. 1 I make the machines He dreams himself your master I make the machines You are a bad machine You feel me now You fear me now Work We have to go back to the roots We gotta go back We gotta go back to those things Work That would be the last thought in my mind Somewhere Someone Somehow Sometime
	15 • PANDORA'S BOX Our wishes Our hope I'm not worthy Our desires Our fears I'm not worthy About love And how beautiful each person is And how fragile each person is You loved me Long ago Pandora's box
	16 • HOT MILITARY STUD DOT COM Hot Military Stud Dot Com Watch The soldier I don't leave marks, only impressions You fck me through my television set So watch At the midnight hour On the internet You fck me through my television set At the midnight hour On the internet I don't leave marks Hot Military Stud Dot Com Only impressions
	17 • WOLVES Spending our lives for generations Building armaments for a war that will never happen Living in a paranoid isolation In fear of enemies that don't exist And all in the name of security All the doors of the world were suddenly swung open to me It all began so beautifully I think of dusty summer roads And me, walking along barefooted And then, the day when the tides of history Shifted There is a type of energy called chi You're such a part of our lives now The promise of infinite pleasure and love I understand Chi To animate them Is in all of us and every thing To, uh, make them do what they did I really do understand We were howling like wolves Just wolves in the woods This is the Big Picture I made myself a captive Put me in a dungeon and cannot find the key to get out My god, you've seen right through me And if the door were opened, I think I might be afraid to come out I gotta get this out of my mind Get back to the earth I felt as though I had slipped back in time The Big Picture I will make them see it, The farmer whose face is browned by many summers I will make them hear it, The rough-handed factory worker I will make them see it. The patient-faced old lady, I will make them hear it. The sobering young man in uniform He has the power to be able to destroy I say he can destroy but he will defend Yes he will, is there a witness in the house? You got to surrender everything that you have to the Lord And by the power of God's love, you will be able to develop the skills necessary To function in a world Where folk are going mad every day There are rumors of war Because folk are losin' their mind They're out there wanting to do battle On a battlefield that has not even been declared Why are you so scared? Scared of what? Of everything! The End Time A battlefield Weapons of mass destruction Messianic speculations Military support Scared of what? Of everything The End Time A battlefield Success, Love I'm talking about love that the world can't control One thing you gotta understand this mornin' There are folk who will attack ya But God will stand with ya There are folk who will try to pull ya down But God will build a fence around ya Anybody in here knows what it means To love the Lord Even when folk think you're crazy They think you've lost your mind There are rumors of war We don't need war, Is there a witness in the house? Because war is not about love Is not about love
	18 • SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE OF UMM QASR South central Iraq Small arms fire Uh, mortars were called up or artillery of some dimension Oh great nation There was a huge explosion immediately afterwards And then this big billowing black cloud of smoke Peace be upon you Again the calvary's, uh, taking its position in the fields outside this city But the very small units here are, uh, standing tight now, standing firm Uh, somewhere outside of Umm Qasr We showed so much patience Iraqis are very sporadically are putting up resistance And, uh, there have been at least three Iraqi prisoners Uh, somewhere outside of Umm Qasr Women and children We showed so much patience I see them on the ground over there They were, uh, sitting, uh' dressed in black Uh, somewhere outside of Umm Qasr A pink pick up truck that they were using as, uh, as their armored vehicle Now you can imagine what that does if it comes up against a tank But they have mounted a light machine gun on there The reality on the ground is that soldiers die but civilians die That happened again today Our hearts started beating, as you would imagine, and then one by one Uh, they jumped into the night sky Ninety-seven young soldiers opened the door And started movin' down, uh, movin' down the line, uh Into the night sky Ninety-seven young soldiers There are a hundred Republican Guardsmen In there somewhere Or out there somewhere Uh, somewhere outside of Umm Qasr And both of these pictures are being broadcast live Uh, somewhere outside of Umm Qasr From thousands of miles away in the middle of a war We are pushing the very edges of technology here You travelled with them across the dusty desert UH, when they were racing across it You were with them, uh, in the rain and the mud Complete darkness Was over northern Iraq This was the real thing We have three Iraqi prisoners They're dressed in black Squatting on the ground A pink pick up truck that they were using They are sitting around and watching this on television In much the same way that Americans are And are they watching it in the way that we are watching? They're coming They'll be here soon We are watching Uh, somewhere outside of Umm Qasr Uh, somewhere outside of Umm Qasr Oh great nation Peace be upon you We showed so much patience So much patience
	19 • IL TREDICESIMO