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Perfect Machine

by Spiral Key

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1.
So here you are again, Come to tell me how Your life's falling apart, How love really broke your heart So here you are again, Come to tell me how You moved on and now you're strong, And you're feeling this can't be wrong I'm just at sixes and sevens to you But I'll set the world at sixes and sevens without you So here you are again, Just another five faces More stories of conquest, Boys in the spotlight sandpit I'm just at sixes and sevens to you But I'll set the world at sixes and sevens without you Don't be fooled, this isn't maturity A Greek three thousand years ago already told your tale The trail you're blazing, it's already ash Four chords now tired and old With five, six and seven on your bill of sale So here you are again, Come to pretend to me That you can make that guitar sing, But can you make it do this The explorer treads a new path To a pantomime of dreams Hurry on down the road To the trio and the affirmative Count carefully or you'll never reach The five and six of words beginning If you can't choose the red or melody Who will save you from mediocrity I'll always be at sixes and sevens to you But I'll set the world at sixes and sevens without you You tap the mike and count to four Might as well stop there, I've heard it all before
2.
Once there were two, and for a few months together they dreamed of a future He considered the odds, he discovered the fear, and wept as he walked away After five years they met, and for a while they faced their fears But one day the will was not enough, and she turned and walked away She could not accept the pain, and he watched her through the rain There was no longer the fear, just the emptiness of nothing left to lose He'd always believed in a life without end In the comfort of stark, dreamless oblivion But lost in this place, where the skin doesn't burn This can't be hell, but it's colder than heaven After ten years they met, and for a while they spoke and wept But fear lay between them, and they said goodbye and walked away They could not accept the pain, she stood and watched through the rain They both took their different directions, so they could escape the ever-present fear She'd always believed in a life without end In the comfort of stark, dreamless oblivion But lost in this place, where her skin doesn't burn This can't be hell, but it's colder than heaven And he said to her... In your light I was made more In your regard I was greater than I ever was before But the more I fear, the less I feel, it leaves me cold We could have been entwined I would have walked my whole life by your side But the fear tore us apart, heart and mind, and leaves us here Together, alone After forty years they met, he lay there while she wept Said 'although we couldn't face our fears, I've always regretted walking away' She could hardly bear the pain, as she watched him through the rain That night she lay alone, something new stirred in her heart I should have welcomed the fear, because it tells me there is something worth keeping I should have welcomed the pain, because it tells me I'm alive I've always believed, in a life without end In the comfort of stark, dreamless oblivion I'll only be lost, for the heart doesn't burn I'd rather see hell, than be colder than heaven I wish we'd lived a life, instead I'm dead inside I know there's no hell, instead I'm colder than heaven
3.
Love Is 07:10
He walked the same way Just like any other day Today looked to him like Just every other day Bought the mirror, the star Or some other paper lies Headline screaming hate and love With no good reason why He knew he shouldn’t be here That what he did was wrong But he was only doing his best In a world going rapidly wrong Only wanted what you want, what I want Moments in the sun Never saw the faceless followers Or a hand pull out the gun Heard a scream, a shout Then no more sound Eight thousand miles just To die face down in the grime of this dirty little town ****** Peace is a word often used By folk scared of healthy conflict War is a toy for Little men in big offices (where they can hide) Hate is a wall behind which You can hide from the mirror Don’t wanna see your face on the other side It’s hard to hate, eye to eye When your love is in the hands of someone You don’t really know Love is a loaded gun Truth is a word and nothing more It changes in time Lies are a tool for you to Safely ignore my good side (keep me on your blindside) Time is a hammer useful For beating your workforce into a shape you like Your rules make things safe for you To do exactly what you want to Is hate a weapon or love gone wrong? In the hands of the lost Love is a hidden bomb ****** But, when it’s quiet When it’s dark outside There is you and the sound Of your breathing Do you ever feel Someone there Watching you sleep and waiting To slide you aside Do you know what love is?? ****** When I wake up in the morning I only need to turn my head left Look right there beside me To see what love is Who really needs a book, or a faith or a sermon Someone telling you how to feel Do you really need all that? To see what love is If you need a man on the TV to tell you That god is on his side You’ve been taken for a ride That’s not what love is A Nation or a flag, some colourful rag A nickel-plated badge Will never ever show you What love is Every thinking being on this big old world Knows without trying, without any words It’s in their DNA, their Chi, their soul That’s what love is There’s nothing magic, clever, written in the stars Throw away the hate, you’ve been misinformed All you gotta do is listen to your heart To see what love is
4.
All I've had, All I've ever been And all I've ever seen, I've seen through your eyes All this pain, and all my screams in vain And all of my tears, have fallen from your eyes And I feel you take control, in this darkness no longer whole And as I am left behind, to fear the voice inside I re-live the shame, knowing you are to blame No excuse for all that's done, under my name Cause of all my doubt, the one I could do without Gives pain to those I love, without fear of consequence And I struggle to take control, in this darkness no longer whole And as I am left behind, to feel the voice inside No longer live the lie, No longer wonder why Slave to the voice outside, Understand behind these eyes No longer live the lie, No longer wonder why Slave to that voice outside, Understand behind these eyes IT IS I IS I Trapped alone two parts in one, Neither to ever see the sun Try to look behind these eyes, Feel my psyche tell you lies Crying out for unification Ohhhhhhhh Absolution Understanding My redemption And My Ascendance Absolution Understanding My redemption And My Ascendance As I....
5.
Six walls enclose you, And the only door left Blocked By one you called friend The knife lies in reach, The moment is yours Feel the desire To bring this to an end With eyes open wide (Wide) Take this life To un-clip these wings and undo the tie It's all that stands between, A sacrifice to set us free Part the thread For the needs of the many With eyes open wide (Wide) Take this life To un-clip these wings and undo the tie Beyond the door lies certain freedom You've been locked here far too long Time to soar above the eagles Leave this carrion, far behind With eyes open wide (Wide) Take this life To un-clip these wings and undo the tie Well done, The blood is flowing Step through And observe your new skies perfect blue The perfect picture I should know I painted it just for you!
6.
People are people, wherever people are Don’t we all do the same things? Inside We all want what they all want We want What they all have They have They have what we all want People are people, wherever people go Even when we don’t all look alike Inside We all hurt with the same hurt They take. They take what we all had We had. We had what they take Over there, Middle East The ones we want to blame Over there Middle West Story’s just the same You can pick on any difference Point out another side Middle East or Middle West (Ride another tide) Don’t choose a side Leaders are Leaders, in any point in time Digging in the same old dirt Inside. Inside they duck and dive Saying what they think we want to hear Only hearing what they think we seem to say Leaders are leaders, on any given side Even when they say they’re not They are selling, They sell with the words they supply A hate. A hate that leads to a truth A truth. A truth that leads to hate
7.
I don't believe I asked for your approval But I won't deny I'd hoped for more I was no threat to your isolated life But if it must be war then let it be war Unable to accept a different way of life Blinker your mind and shutter your eyes I won't live in fear of what you say All you have are words And words are never enough Now silence reigns between us Except for your your cries I won't give in to your betrayal Won't be taken in by your lies Unable to accept a different way of life Another way of thinking or a different way to be Blinker your mind and shutter your eyes And hand-make your world view into what you want to see Blessed are the un-borne And blessed are the dead For they truly understand And If they could speak they'd tell you That if all you have are words It will never be enough Don't preach to me, your words are never enough I won't be waiting for judgement day As I stand here open and unafraid I won't live in fear of what you say For all you have left are words And words are never enough No, words are never enough

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SPIRAL KEY - Heart-felt, brain-fed, gut-delivered.

SPIRAL KEY was formed in 2012 by David McCabe and Ken Wynne, two experienced performers and writers of rock music eager to express a common love of progressive music, turning years of simmering ideas and songs into the coherent whole that is SPIRAL KEY - a fully independent progressive rock/progressive metal band with symphonic overtones.

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released May 30, 2013

Ken Wynne: bass, vocals, keyboards, programming
David McCabe: vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming

Copyright © 2012 Spiral Key

Spiral Key LOGO by David McCabe and Ken Wynne
Album Artwork by Roman Hodek romanhodek.blogspot.co.uk

Recorded at Bentham Studio, Wiltshire www.benthamstudio.co.uk
Recorded, engineered and mixed by Dug Wolfsohn
Produced by Spiral Key

Thanks to Jo McFerran, Steve Wykes and Albert Pothleswaite for cake, opinion and consultancy

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