01) You're Not Me
You think I've got it allEveryone thinks I've got it made, well
How come my only friends
Are the ones I pay?
No one understands
What I would do to change my life
For just one day
Don't say if I were you (say if I were you)
Or tell me what to do
How things would be if you were in my shoes
'Cause you're not me
You know what I need
And it's not another serenade
I get so tired of
All the things you say
Give me what I want
If it only would I'd gladly
Throw this all away
Don't say if I were you (say if I were you)
Or tell me what to do
How things would be if you were in my shoes
'Cause you're not me
Please take me as I am (take me as I am)
This isn't what I planned
I guess I don't expect that
You could understand
'Cause you're not me
I know you think you're being nice
But spare me all your lame advice
Time to play my hand and roll the dice
Everybody's got their price
For far too long I've been denied
I'm making my move, so just step aside
No one can say I never tried
To do everything to get back my pride
Yeah, you were never me
Why can't you see
That you're not me
Don't say if I were you (say if I were you)
Or tell me what to do
How things would be if you were in my shoes
'Cause you're not me
Please, help me if you can (help me if you can)
This isn't what I planned
Guess I don't expect that
You could understand
'Cause you're not me
03) One Card Short
Life's just a gameWe all wanna win
Keep your hand a secret
Unleash the monsters within
Sometimes it's over
Before it's even begun
If someone else gets hurt, then
What have you really won?
I'm always one card short
Always one day late
For once I'd like an end
That I can celebrate
Stacked the deck myself
So there's no one else to blame
I need just one more move
One final chance to prove
I can win this game
Life's just a duel
That's how the world is made
But are we really players
Or are we being played?
I'm always one card short
Always one day late
For once I'd like an end
That I can celebrate
Stacked the deck myself
So there's no one else to blame
I need just one more move
One final chance to prove
I can win this game
Is what happens next in your control?
Are you doing what you want, or what you've been told?
Do you choose the cards from your own hand?
Or are we just puppets in a master plan?
One more move
I'm always one card short
Always one day late
For once I'd like an end
That I can celebrate
Stacked the deck myself
So there's no one else to blame
I need just one more move
One final chance to prove
I can win this game
Once card short, one day late
Give me something, something to celebrate
Stacked the deck myself
So there's no one else to blame
One more move, I'm gonna win this game
I'm gonna win this game
I'm gonna win this game
I'm gonna win this game
One more move, I'll win this game
Then I'm gonna celebrate
04) Step Up
Step Up, Step up,
try to get through me,
but at the end your gunna see,
the only way it's saposto be,
(yeah yeah yeah)
Step up, step up,
try to get through me,
but at the end your gunna see,
'cause you know that victory is pointin right at me.
Do you really wanna know?
I don't think you wanna know,
cause this is goin down,
and my feet are on the ground.
do really think that you can,
take over my position and my place?
i don't think you have a chance.
you got my friends,
and you've got my life,
and the evil that's coming here to attack,
you pack your bags cause your not stayin' long!
(soon your gunna be gone!)
Step Up, Step up,
try to get through me,
but at the end your gunna see,
the only way it's saposto be,
(yeah yeah yeah)
Step up, step up,
try to get through me,
but at the end your gunna see,
'cause you know that victory is pointin right at me.
Yeah, yeah,
what's goin on?
you know that i'm right and your so-so wrong,
so come on,
i'm givin you one last warning and that's no lie.
look around you,(what?)
are you gunna do now?
you gotta to come up,
but your goin down.
i'll tell you again,
cause your not stayin' long!
(when we're through what are you gunna be?)
Step Up, Step up,
try to get through me,
but at the end your gunna see,
the only way it's saposto be,
(yeah yeah yeah)
Step up, step up,
try to get through me,
but at the end your gunna see,
'cause you know that victory is pointin right at me.
i got to be...
it's the same as destany.....
let nature take it's course.....
the will will make it's mark....
(step up,step up, step up,step up,step up,step up, step up... X2)
(oh....oh...)
Step Up, Step up,
try to get through me,
but at the end your gunna see,
the only way it's saposto be,
(yeah yeah yeah)
Step up, step up,
try to get through me,(try to get through me)
but at the end your gunna see,(at the end your gunna see)
'cause you know that victory is pointin right at me.
Step up, step up,
try to get through me,
but at the end your gunna see,
victory is pointin right at me.
(instermental pause)
Step Up, Step up,
try to get through me,
but at the end your gunna see,(step up, step up)
you got my friends,
and you've got my life,
and all i've got to say is,
step up now, step up now, step up now, step up now,
so come on now,
Victory is pointing right at me.....
05) Shadow Games
Long ago, in the ancient past
I remember a life when we first met
In a dark shadow realm under a big full moon
There and then, I could tell
You'd try to break my will
But now, watch as I rise to a whole new height
And our mad battle cry will be heard all night
CHORUS
You keep on playin'
Those dark shadow games, and
No, I won't be beat again
You keep on playin'
Those dark shadow games, and
Oh, this time I'll claim my fame
So now you'll know after time has passed
You can never be sure you're always the best
'Cause I'm back from the shadows comin' after you
On the brightest day of your darkest hour
So now, watch as I rise to a whole new height
And our mad battle cry will be heard all night
CHORUS
Oh, oh, oh, oh
You destroyed the future with your past
Forgot the lesson of the test
You never understood the blessed
Too bad today will be your last
So now, watch as I rise to a whole new height
And our mad battle cry will be heard all night
CHORUS x2
07) Blind Ambition
I wanna change the world,
I wanna find my pearl,
I wanna be the one who
In the end gets a pretty girl...
Don't wanna be outdone,
I wanna be second to none,
I wanna be the hero not a zero
To anyone
But I'm subtraction by addition,
And I'm a pretty bad magician,
I haven't figured out my mission,
Just another boy with blind ambition
Oh, o-o-oh oh oh oh oh o-o-oh oh oh oh,
Hai! Hai! Hai! Hai!
I wanna take the throne,
And hock a microphone,
I wanna sing the greatest record
You will ever own
I wanna cure all ills,
And have my face on a dollar bill,
I wanna be the zen master,
Not that fool up on the hill
I don't want you to sign my petition,
And I'm turnin' up the road to perdition,
I wanna be the new rendition,
Just another boy with blind ambition
Oh, o-o-oh oh oh oh oh o-o-oh o-o-oh oh oh oh oh o-o-oh o-o-oh oh oh oh oh
o-o-oh oh oh oh,
Hai! Hai! Hai! Hai!
It's a feelin' in me!
It's a feelin' in you!
Everyone is tryin' to find their place
And stake their claim!
OH!!
I wanna take the throne,
And hock a microphone,
I wanna sing the greatest record
You will ever own
I wanna change the world,
I gotta gotta find my pearl,
I wanna be the one who
In the end gets a pretty girl...
But I'm subtraction by addition,
And I'm a pretty bad magician,
And I'm waiting for an intermission,
Just another boy with blind ambition,
I don't want you to sign my petition,
And I'm turnin' up the road to perdition,
And I don't wanna be the new rendition,
Just another boy with blind ambition
Oh oh oh, Just another...
Just just just another boy...
Oh oh,
Just another boy with blind ambi-
Justa justa just another boy with blind ambi-
Justa justa just another boy with blind ambition...
It's a feeling in me!
It's a feeling in you!
Oh-oh-oh..
Oh-oh-oh..
Hai! Hai! Hai! Hai!
Oh-oh-oh..
Oh-oh-oh..
08) The Great Pretender
Do you wander through this life,
Like a child without a care?
Do fear the things you love?
Do you seek the things you fear?
When the world comes crashing down,
Did you just smile and say,
I am the Great Pretender,
Oh yeah,
Willing to dream forever,
Oh, I'll just float away and let the waves keep
Pulling me in,
I'll just hang out here and watch the world pass
Over my head,
Because I still believe in
All of the things you said...
Oh, all of the things you said.
Are you searching for the truth,
But all you come across is lies?
Did someone sabotage your route,
Left all the answers in disguise?
When the world comes crashing down,
Did you just smile and say,
I am the Great Pretender,
Oh yeah,
Willing to dream forever,
Oh, I'll just float away and let the waves keep
Pulling me in,
I'll just hang out here and watch the world pass
Over my head,
Because I still believe in
All of the things you said...
Oh, yeah...
Why do I try,
Woah, why do I try,
Yeah, why do I try...
I am the Great Pretender,
Oh yeah,
Willing to dream forever,
Whoa right now, I said,
I am the Great,
I am the Great...
I am the Great Pretender,
But oh, I'll just float away and let the waves keep
Pulling me in,
I'll just hang out here and watch the world pass
Over my head,
Because I still believe in
All of the things you said, yeah, yeah,
Whoa, right now...
I said I am the Great Pretender, yeah,
You know that I am the Great Pretender,
Hey, you know what I'm singing,
Is I still believe in all of the thigns you said...
Oh, all of the thigns you said...
09) How Much Longer
I'm stuck inside
Can't get this done, wish I could hide
This scene is really such a pain
I just can't see
How this is any use to me
This work is drivin' me insane
All I really want is to get away
(Can anybody tell me?)
CHORUS:
How much longer
'Till I'm done?
How much longer
Wanna feel the sun
How much longer
I can't wait
How much longer until I can play that game?
It's on my mind
I think I'm runnin' outta time
This waitin's more than I can take
That clock is slow
It's never gonna let me go
This time I need more than just a break
All I really want is to get away
(Can anybody tell me?)
CHORUSx2
And here I go again (here I go again)
Wonderin' when (when)
I can have my time to play
(Can anybody tell me?)
(Can anybody tell me?)
CHORUSx2
(I want to play that game)
Play that game
(I want to play that game)
10) U Better Fear Me
(Yes I will stand alone)
(Yes I will stand alone)
Stand up and show your face
While I erase the traces
From all that came before me
And you know that fate has turned its tide
You cannot hide, but now the end is here
Because of me
Your world has crumbled
I can't be ignored
Because of me
Your fallacy is history
And I will stand alone
Yes I will stand alone
Your world is full a misery
Soon to be another casualty
I'm a dose of your catastrophy
U better fear me
On the verge of immortality
Putting in to your autonomy
I'm the villain in your tragedy
U better fear me
I was your victim
Now your system's crashed
And now I'm the wound that will not heal
You are defenceless
It's senseless to evade me
Can't persuade me
And now your fate is set
Because of you
Darkness shouts the pain in my whole world
Because of you
Society has paralysed me
I will stand alone
Yes I will stand alone
You are now in my custody
No longer in your remedy
You'll be a forgotten memory
U better fear me
No longer reign of tyrrany
You'll never walk in front of me
Time to take control of destiny
U better fear me
(Yes I will stand alone)
(Yes I will stand alone)
I will stand alone
Because of me
Your world has crumbled
I can't be ignored
Because of me
Your fallacy is history
And I will stand alone
Yes I will stand alone
Your world is full a misery
Soon to be another casualty
I'm a dose of your catastrophy
U better fear me
On the verge of immortality
Putting in to your autonomy
I'm the villain in your tragedy
U better fear me
No longer reign of tyrrany
You'll never walk in front of me
Time to take control of destiny
U better fear me
You are now in my custody
No longer in your remedy
You'll be a forgotten memory
U better fear me
U better fear me
(You cannot hide)
11) Power Within
As far as the eye can see
So much uncertainty
I'm not blind
I see the truth
Open my eyes
I never knew the strength inside me
Could ever make me wanna help to change the world
Follow my destiny
Hope's not gone
I'm gonna see
It makes a difference
When you believe
CHORUS:
The Power Within
Can make the Pyramid of Light shine forever
Until the 8th Millennium we're gonna be together
But I don't know how
And I don't know when
All I know
We're gonna win
There's a hope for a balanced world, yeah
And it's written in the cards
We are strong when we are one
There's a higher purpose
Waiting for us
CHORUS
And you know you can rely on me forever
You'll stay in my heart
And I don't wanna go
Don't wanna leave
But the Power Within is gonna...[indistinct]
CHORUSx2
12) Believe In
You always find me
Making time for you
So many dreams to come true
No room to figure
We've had it all
Take a look at what we've got
Each other, for one another
Friends to the end
Here we go
We stand together through these hard times
Don't let these days pass you on by
I believe in, you better believe that
I believe in you, oh yeah
So now you look at me
While I'm lookin at you
I think to myself
I'm watching out for you
Let's take a chance together
We never have before
When I think about thinking of you
It feels like there's nothing else to do
We took a chance together
Here we go
We stand together through these hard times
Don't let these days pass you on by
I believe in, you better believe that
I believe in you, oh I know that
You want it all
(Ah ah)
(Ah ah)
We stand together through these hard times
Don't let these days pass you on by
I believe in, you better believe that
I believe in you, oh
I believe in, you better believe that
I believe in you, oh yeah (yeah)
(Oh yeah)
(Oh)