Kaleidoscope

Lift - lift me high

Teach me why

I've been born in a world of pain

So confused in a masquerade

Some give a smile while they hold a blade

So I ran - so far away

Night turned to desolation days

Raining down - so out of phase

Then came the silver lightning days

High as the winds of yesterday

As the mountains melt away

While we're walking on a wire

Lost in a world that's worlds away

We will ride the lightning day

As we set our souls on fire

Ride it out

Ride the lightning

Race - race the sky

Wind me up

Get all cranked on the world stage

That north wind buzzin' by

Find yourself in a corporate high

But you're crackin' up

Breaking down

Your best friends have all left you now

There's no stance left to take

Maybe it was all just a big mistake

High as the winds of yesterday

As the mountains melt away

While we're walking on a wire

Lost in a world that's worlds away

We will ride the lightning day

As we set our souls on fire

Let's ride it out

Ride the lightning

Ride the lightning

[Iii. Black gold]

There is no place top hot

To mine the blackest gold

You gave her birth

And new you watch her growing old

If life is leaving tomorrow

We'll turn our backs to all sorrow

And in a dancing ghost town

That's the end of story

You watch the crops keep dying

And people pray for rain

Seeing all the blood and blackness

Running in her veins

In desert towns lies the panic

The piercing sun beats satanic

And still we're drowning in a flood

That sees no end

The river flows - black as gold

That river glows - taint your soul

The river flows - black as gold

That river glows - taint your soul

And so the king of karma lost his only son

You haven't lived in full

Until you've tried that once

The sacrifice is just massive

The hurt is fast and aggressive

If you unearth the darkness

You must pay the price!

The river flows - black as gold

That river glows - taint your soul

The river flows - black as gold

That river glows - taint your soul

[Iv. Walking the road]

Many days I've wondered far and wide

It's just me and my pride

This planet's so wide and there's nowhere to hide

From myself

And many moons I've gazed on

High and low

While I'm searching my soul

This land is so vast yet I still see my past

In myself

As I look to the sky in wonder

At this mystical map that we're under

What should I do now and where do I find how

To find myself, define myself

As I walk this road will I ever

Find that solution to my resolution, yea

And as I take each step will there be that

Real comprehension of my redemption

What should I do now and where do I find how

To find myself, define myself

[V. Desolation days]

High on a hill there sits a man

Who is watching himself

Wondering what is the truth he lives inside

Breaking asunder

His castle melts into sand

He sits in the wreckage he made with his

Own hands

Out of the cry of every pain

From the realm of doubt and shame

Where we sink in dust and mire

There in our desolation days

Where the heart sick human race

Seeks to fill its own desires

We can ride it out

Ride the lightning

Where are you now?

Are you just grasping for gold rings while you can

Hoping to make it into fulfilment land

But it's never coming

Not that way my friend

But there is still time

You can change your life again

Out of the cry of every pain

From the realm of doubt and shame

That's where god will lift us higher

There in our desolation days

From the well of wisdom's place

We will drink our true desire

And all will be made right

Just ride the lightning

[Vi. Lemon looking glass (instrumental)]

[Vii. Ride the lightning (reprise)]

High as the winds of yesterday

As our fear is washed away

We'll be walking through the fire

There on the mountain we will sing

As his life fills everything

We will live our true desire

Let's ride it out

Ride the lightning