steve vai - for the love of god
Walking in the fine line
between pagan and christian
steve vai - aching hunger
When I look down into my soul
I can see you bleeding
It?s so tragic that I can?t control
These wreckless feelings
I?d stand naked in the freezing wind
To your glory and honor
But how can I win this war
When I can?t even face the battle
And here in my Garden Of Eden
There?s a coming thunder
Well maybe if it tears me to pieces it will
Kill this aching hunger
And it hurts
You know it hurts so good
Oh it hurts
I said
Maybe in time peace will reign
And end this insanity
Maybe the meek shall inherit the earth
But I pray you inherit me
But now my Garden Of Eden
Is a barren tundra
If you could cut into my heart
You would touch my aching hunger
And it hurts
You know it hurts so good
Oh God it hurts
It hurts
Ya, and I let it burn
Because I like it
I don?t mind the infection
Now it?s comin? down
It?s comin? down hard
It?s crashin? on me
It?s in a twinkle
It?s in a breeze
And it passes
So subtle and elusively
Try to grab it
But it?s gone and the rage that it fires up
Is like a blow torch in your face
And it hurts
Oh it hurts
Yeah, you know it hurts so good
Oh it hurts
steve vai - firewall
(Intro)
Boom Shika-Boom Shika ba-ka-tu-ka
Boom Shika doo-ba-boom-ba-tacka-chooka
Boom Shika Boom Boom Chika Ba-koom-ta
Shika-ba-ku-ta Brrrr Chika ba-kum-ta
Boom Chica brrr brr brrr chi-koom-pa
Brrr-cha-kum-ta brr-Chica ba-poom-pa
Boom ta-ta boom boom Shi-ka-ti-ka
Rra-ka-kack Rra-ka-tu-ka pa-ka-tu-ka
(musica)
It's been a while since I knew you before
Hindsight says I was so much to blame
But even then, you possessed so much more
I buried my guilt under my fantasies
I never knew what it would do to you, oh my God
I dealt a hand and played with fate
But I still feel, and I surrender to, your intoxicant
But I want you to really know me
But when I try to get into your space
I run into your Firewall
Medusa?s home
Built out of hurt and pain
Welcome to the
Firewall
If I get too close
I will go down in flames
Eh, just look at me now
I'm on fire.
And if I could, I would get down in your soul
And clean up the mess that I made
Maybe will and grace
Will replace your faith
And we can embrace
You'll never get to know me
Unless you
Let me touch your face
A victim of your Firewall
The devil?s own
Destroy your enemies
I dance into your Firewall
When you?re done, there'll be nothing left of me
Suck me into your flames, and let me burn deep down inside until
I...
steve vai - now we run
Instrumental
steve vai - celluloid heroes
Everybody's a dreamer
and everybody's a star
and everybody's in movies
it doesn't matter who you are
There are stars in every city
in every house and on every street
and if you walk down
Hollywood Boulevard
Their names are written in concrete
Don't step on Greta Garbo
as you walk down the Boulevard
she looks so weak and fragile
that's why se tried to be so hard
But they turned her into a princess
and they sat her on a throne
but she turned her back on stardom
because she wanted to be alonoe
You can see all the stars as you
walk down Hollywood Boulevard
some that you recognize
some that you hardly even heard of
People who worked and suffered
and struggled for fame
some who succeeded and some
who suffered in vain
Rudolph Valentino looks
very much alive
and he's lookin' up ladies' dresses
as they sadly pass him by
Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi
cause he's liable to turn and bite
But stand close by Bette Davis
because hers was such a lonely life
And if you covered him with garbage
George Ganders would
still have style
and if you stamped on Micky Roonie
he would still
turn around and smile
bur please don't tread
on our dearest Marilyn
cause she's not very tough
she should have been made
of finer steel
but she was only made
of flesh and blood
and you can see all the stars
as you walk down
Hollywood Boulevard
some that you recognize
some that you hardly ever heard of
people who worked and suffered
and struggled for fame
some who succeeded and some
who suffered in vain
Everybody's a dreamer
and everybody's a star
and everybody's in movies
it doesn't matter who you are
And those who are successful
be always on your guard
success walks hand in hand
with failure
along Hollywood Boulevard
I wish my life was a non-stop
Hollywood movie show
a fantasy world of celluloid
villains and heroes
because celluloid heroes
never feel any pain
and celluloid heroes never really die
And you can see all the stars
as you walk doown
Hollywood Boulevard
some that you recognize
some that you hardly ever heard of
people who worked and suffered
and struggled for fame
some who succeeded and some
who suffered in vain
La, La, La, La, etc.
celluloid heroes never feel any pain
and celluloid heroes never really die
I wish my life was a non-stop
Hollywood movie show
a fantasy world of celluloid
villains and heroes
cause celluloid heroes
never feel any pain
and celluloid heroes never really die
steve vai - fire garden suite
Instrumental
steve vai - call it sleep
(Instrumental)
steve vai - down deep into the pain
So naive, so innocent
Thrust in a world too intense
Flesh is weak but the soul is strong
And you will bleed but you'll carry on
Yes you need your pain
Life is pain
I could hold your hand
But you must take your pain
I don't need sacrifice, I don't need advice
This hurt surrounds me like a dissonance
Anger is power
I use it to protect myself from insanity
You gotta go down deep down into the pain
Let it purge your soul like flesh to a razor blade
Dig down deep into the pain
Surrender surrender
Drift into euphoria
Time may never heal the wounds
Hearts bleed hard even the sun cries moon
Fate is tragic just for heaven's sake
The good Lord giveth and taketh away
'Cause you need your pain
God gave us pain
I can hold you in my arms
But I can't take away your pain
I am not long for this world
Please save me from myself and my discipline
Lashing out with tight fists in despair
My plight is running from reality
Put yourself down deep into the pain
Embrace the bliss of pure sensation
You can't escape from ultimate pain
So let your senses drift into euphoria
Blood is thickest when love is bold
But blood runs thin when the heart grows cold
So you need your pain, we all need pain
We were born into this world
To feel the joy of all our pain
Spoken:
The falling will be gentle and soothing but the awakening will be as riveting as an explosion. Eyes open to total darkness, body floating in encompassing tranquility, and then the voice came.
"Hear this voice and know that it will be with you always".
Phantoms of opulent auras emblazed in a repulsively lush turmoil of incomprehensible vastness, dance in a sea of timeless infinity.
Is this the voice of my God?
This is the voice of liberation.
Man, you've got to be kidding me.
Go forth and rise to life rise
You will have the freedom to think
And choose as you wish
What do I choose?
You choose in the moment
Your life will be shaped around your choices
And the fight is on
Every minute of every day
Every action in every way
Is every creature's expression to
Be one with its creator
From a simple prayer to a senseless murder
Where do I find you when I need you?
You will search and you will question.
Worship me in your joy and curse me in your pain.
You will fight, kill and love in my name
But I have no name
Always keep in your thoughts that life is good
But do not fear death
For I am closer to you than your very own breath
And I love you
And I want you to know me
Now beautiful life awaits you
And when I count to 3
You will awake and you will remember everything I've said
1, 2, 3
steve vai - boston rain melody
Instrumental
steve vai - gravity storm
Instrumental
steve vai - asian sky
A droplet falls
Like a moment from forever
Precious, sweet and tender
As a baby's heart
Fall from grace
Into the raging darkness
Just to find the way
Back to its lover's arms
And through this fate they never understand
Just how endless the sea
In this never-ending world
Everything keeps on reincarnating
In this shapeless world
Something flashes through your head when
You close your eyes
It's hard to fnd
That silent peace of mind
They die to be
And when you find the something
Reach out your hand
No need to be afraid
(Chorus)
Alive in an asian sky
So high to forever fly
If you have fun with me
A beautiful light lights the way
Now what lacks is a little bit of courage
So please push this little back
And this God they don't understand
Why what is should be
I lose my shape and you lose your shape and
Both os us ascend to the sky beyond
And become the rain and fall to the eath
And give life to a new beginning
Try to hide
In the Illusion that they fight
And die to be
And when the flower blooms
Give it a smile
no need to be alone
Alive
(Chorus)
steve vai - blood and tears
Let the might of your compassion arise to bring a
Quick end to the flowing stream of the blood and tears.
Please hear my anguish words of truth
An ocean of measureless qualities in an ocean of joy
Buddha of compassion
Buddha of compassion
Our most chaste and long-felt desire
Please hear my anguish words of truth
They are drunk with demonic delusions
Our most chaste and long-felt desire
What is right and what is wrong?
Our most chaste and long-felt desire
An ocean of joy
Please hear my anguish words of truth
Let the might of your compassion arise to bring a
Quick end to the flowing stream of the blood and tears.
steve vai - dyin day
(Instrumental)
steve vai - damn you
Suddenly the guilt is written on your face
God only knows how down deep it goes
Nothin left to say in this pitiful state
I'm takin' the shame out on a song
I need to settle down maybe
Take some pity on myself
Damn you, I said damn
My mind is better off dead
Damn you, I said damn
Who are these voices in my head
Someone poured cold cement in your soul
And now all the beautiful colors are turning to gray
I notice you're happy only when you're miserable
(like some other people I know)
You love to eat your heart out just for the taste
We bleed so preciously, baby
Hopeless refugees of war
Damn you, I said damn
My mind is better off dead
Damn you, I said damn
Oh, God, I feel like I'm shot in the head
Into the air and into the lungs
And then down under the skin
Sweetly feeding the blood becoming
Part of the flesh part of the bone
Becoming the brain & blackening the soul
Hip hip hip boom boom way to go
I got a brand new me I don't even know
Before I get a little sick or a
Little cold, there's just one thing that you should know
We scream so desperately, baby
Choking on the words as they fall
Damn you I said damn
My mind is better off dead
Damn you I said
I can't stop these feelings
steve vai - details at 10
Inspired by a real event. I was sitting there watching a great movie, eating pasgetti, and boom! Your friendly newscaster comes on and spews out the most horrible news I?ve ever heard in my life (but her name was not Wilma Wasko; in fact, Wilma is a friend of ours). It seems to me that television could be used in such a manner as to benefit the world and each individual person on an emotional, physical, moral and spiritual level. But, no! Like most things that enable some individuals to have tremendous financial and material success, it gets totally corrupted. Television is full of violence and lies and you don?t need it. Or do you? Don?t you feel embarrassed watching TV sometimes? If the answer is yes, that?s good.
Do you think you can fool me?
Do you think you can lie to my face?
Do you think I believe you?
Well, what you tell me is a total waste
Do you think you can use me?
I bet you think that you are great
Do you think you can get away with murder?
I think you can use a kick in the face
Eh - you can fool some of the people some of the time
And you can fool most of the people all of the time
Ah - you can fool a few of the people none of the time
But you can?t fool me any of the time
So I sit and I eat a TV dinner
I watch an old funny Marx Brothers movie
And a flash comes across my TV screen
And it?s you in all of your glory
You like to tell me about brutal murders
You make me choke on my pasgetti
Korean airlines that was shot down by the Russians
You even show the dead peoples? families crying
Well, you can gross out some of the people some of the time
Eh - you can gross out most of the people none of the time
Most of the people like to get grossed out all of the time
Ain?t that right
But you make me sick every time, every time
I see your face is laced with a new kind of taste
It?s great the way you waste all that space
You?re right, it?s night and I shouldn?t go outside
But if a stiletto stabs me
It?ll make your job so exciting
If a razor cut me
You can give them something worth watching
We interrupt this song to bring you a special news bulletin. Hello, this is Wilma Wasko, anchorwoman at the Eyewitness News Center in New York. Hey - do I have your attention? Look at me, me, me (etc.) I?m on TV. Check this out, ladies and gents. This is good stuff, real good stuff, real good-good-good-good-good-good great stuff.
The two bodies of Trisha and Connie... (uh, what was their last name?) (That doesn?t matter, anyway). The bodies of two young school children were discovered today buried in the Carle Place Rushmore Grade School playground at ten o?clock this morning. Despite the semi-decayed carcasses of the young school girls (who were found to be 10 and 11 years old), the autopsy report shows that the girls were brutally raped, strangled, beaten and stabbed excessively. Young Trisha was reported to have at least 27 stab wounds in the chest and stomach area, with severe stabbings in the neck, head and eyes. Young Connie was found to have a severed left leg and heart displacement. And it is this doctor?s opinion that anal sex was performed on the dead bodies after the brutal, slaughterous act was done. Details at 10.
The junk that you feed to my children
Is junk that you believe in
I don?t care about crooked politicians
I don?t wanna see someone bleeding while I?m eating
And when you review a motion picture
You like to kill the actors and writers
You do this to feed your own ego
So your own life won?t seem so damn miserable
Well, you could screw some of the people some of the time
And you do screw most of the people all-a-da? time
Ah - you could screw a few-a-da? people a couple of times
But you can?t screw me any of the time, any of the time...