Adventure Into Nowhere

1-Waking Up-Part 1-

It's time to wake up
Time to face the crowd once again
It's time to take up
Time to take up his cross once again

Under the sky of this new day
He wanders towards the venue
He looks it up and down for a while
The time for repentence is due

When you reach that low point
You just cannot take anymore
You know that something will break
Long before you reach the encore

He turns on his heel and walks
I see him lower his head
I know that emptiness he carries
And how he wishes he was dead

2-The Grass-

The grass is growing same as always
The bench it still stands there
The sky is brighter than the sun today
The sun is hiding somewhere

The path leads to the same place
The river runs at the same speed
The statue has the same eroded face
The garden has the same old weeds

The head rests again in his hands
The fingers are still icy cold
The scream is understood in foreign lands
The mind is still holding secrets untold

3-Dictator-

There is fluid than can cure his ails
He buys it by the gallon
Think about what he can tell us
Think about what he can tell us

He knows how much he has failed
He stares into the sun
Think about what he can tell us
Think about what he can tell us

He dictates to us what is right
We follow his words every one
He is illuminated in the night
We watch him until he is gone

Little do we know what happens
Behind those closed doors
He has lost his shaky balance
And he has lost all of his wars

Think about what he did tell us
Think about what he did tell us

4-Flatline-

His eyes are open he must still be here
A misty glance means nothing at all
Stop suggesting that the worst has happened
Look he can still manage to crawl
We've got to find out what he took tonight
This can't be leaked to the press
Keep him upright in case someone walks in
We can say he is feeling stressed

There's the bottle over there
Go on and take a look
I'll stay here and keep him breathing
He won't escape from us

That's it he's flattened out
The last resort is here
Call the paramedics in here now
He'll pay for this no fear

Careful get him on the stretcher
I just want to know why
He's got a lot to answer for later
For now keep him alive

5-Illusion-

Shades are only what he sees
No more painful nights of glee
After the carpet melts away
No more trying to be happy

Surely he has taken too much
He feels he is cold to the touch
His escape has been fatal
Screaming throwing down his crutch

This is a land of fantasies
Free from talk of royalties
And release dates and live shows
All that's here is a warm breeze

Illusions here to be admired
Images here to be desired
But he is snapped back right now
Barely alive but now inspired

6-Money-Making Machine-

Huddled in a blanket
Ushered back to his room
It's been a busy night
All doom and gloom
He'll be alright on his own
He can think about things
He'll sleep it all off
He can hear the phone ring

I'll get on the phone
Sort out the cover story
Make sure he gets to sleep
No more death not glory
He can shake himself off
He will wake up fresh
He won't try that again
He is just bones and flesh

He's just our money-making machine
He doesn't have any feelings at all
He must only be heard and seen
He cannot be allowed to fall

Sleeping like a baby
We knew he'd pull through
No more worrying tonight
There's too much to do
He'll wake up smiling
He can understand
He will not disobey
He'll follow our plans

Knock on his door
It's time to arise
No more time for rest
Open up his eyes
He's got to make a move
He's got to meet the press
He'll have to cover up
He wasn't under arrest

He's just our money-making machine
He doesn't have any feelings at all
He must only be heard and seen
He cannot be allowed to fall

7-We Worry-

The camera flashes, the questions arrive
These filthy vultures, awaiting their prize
They see him writhing, the effects still there
They've got their story, singer high as air

Oh, they can see all his problems
Oh, they can feel all his pain
Oh, they can see all his problems
Oh, they can feel all his strain

They never knew, they pushed him too far
Look at him now, this faded star
He tried his best, to keep himself clean
Now we only fear, that he'll be a has-been

8-Pen To Paper-

The water held behind his eyes
Will flow so freely soon
His head down in his hands
He's wasted this afternoon
It's seems like he's ignoring us
All we're doing is hanging around
He's pushing us further away
He needs to make a sound

He'll put pen to paper one day
It's written in his past
He can't do anything else anyway
His words will come at last

After he's over this episode
We'll tie him in the studio
He can't back out of his contract
Time for a hit for the radio
The worlds are seperating
The instruments are growing dusty
He is slipping away we know
His cogs are stuck and rusty

He'll put pen to paper one day
We won't be on a thread
He can't do anything else anyway
Even if he ends up dead

9-Time For Advertising-

Finally we have it
We finally have his hit
In the bag last night
After such a fight

Cue the press release
Amazing comeback due
Spread it like a disease
Spread it thickly too

The people will rejoice
Their hero has returned
Still in good voice
Now the meeting is adjourned

We've got to top the charts
He lost us too much cash
Let the publicity start
Spread the song like a rash

10-My Perspective-

Switching between you and me
It's time for my perspective
So in the end I hit it big again
But it's not about being respected
For me it's about making a point
Telling people how I feel
It's not about how quickly I write
Or rushing another tape reel

Everything has to mean something
None of my words are false
Or written for the pleasure of others
I'm as slow and steady as my pulse
They turned me into their machine
A device for commercialism
I can't escape from them now
But I can hold on to my stoicism

The anthem is churned out once again
I'm pushed onto the stage
I have no choice but to perform
And to let out all of my rage
My therapy is found in my own soul
I search myself and find empty space
They've carved everything out of me
And left me alone in the race

Quickly leave me before they come
I hope you've found this useful
Some kind of information I told you
It kind of makes me hopeful
That some day everyone will learn
Just how lonely fame can be
Taking apart the machine bit by bit
Now we're in the driving seat

11-The Race-

I run this race alone
Can't you see me?
I don't answer the phone
Can't you hear me?
I am late getting home
Can't you feel me?
I am worn down to the bone
Can't you help me?

They push me to my full extent
Expecting me to produce for them
I collapse more than once a day
As they push me further astray
I'm working on a masterpiece
Something to iron out my crease
The faster they make me work
The more they make me feel beserk
Underneath my layers of smiles
Lies a creature waiting for the time
When it can break loose and run free
But for now it lives within me
Shall we see how far I can go?
Shall we see how much blood can flow?
No more will I be pushed relentless
No more will I feel this emptiness

Can't you see me?
Can't you hear me?
Can't you feel me?
Can't you help me?

12-Revenge-

Now this is my death knell
My final act of treason
I'll make sure it doesn't sell
This album of the season
I do what I damn well like
My eyes are finally open
All these matches I will strike
To guide the words to be spoken

I'll be going against their grain
Feeding the patterns in my brain
I may be losing grip and insane
But I've only got failure to gain

I'll be dropped from their great heights
And pay for my disobediance
Spend more than one drunken night
Laughing at the past deviance
They brought me back so they can pay
Pay what I call an ultimate price
And that will be that I will stay
Stay and roll for them their dice

I'll be going against their grain
Feeding the patterns in my brain
I may be losing my grip and insane
But I've only got failure to gain

13-Backfire-

Not surprisingly I've been alienated
They have shunned me from their crowd
Not surprisingly I'm being called a genius
They all pass me with their heads bowed

Just what the hell is happening?
I was meant to embrace the end
Just what the hell is going on?
I was all ready to defend

My plans have certainly backfired
I'm all alone yet everyone loves me
My plans all went to waste alright
I shouldn't have told my story

It was lapped up by the audience
They loved my tales of woe
It was revered and worshipped
They seemed to all move slow

The people rushed and stormed
Trying to get a glimpse of something
The people that I have reformed
Trying to get me to sing

14-Aftershow-

I wave my hand in front of my face
I can't keep up with myself
This stupid blur makes no sense at all
But I'll never ask for your help
I'm up here performing yet again
So it was me that was picked
To do this routine for all the faces
The faces that are brightly lit

The faces that are brightly lit
The lights in the back give a view
That in many ways haunts me
There's a wall between me and you
Sorry if this all sounds familiar
I've been lost for words to speak
I'm trying to be someone different
Someone who isn't so weak

Someone who isn't so weak
Find me with a bottle in my hand
I feel a palm across my face
You aren't an adoring fan
My beloved liquid has gone to waste
I stumble and hit the ground
Look what I have been reduced to
I scream but don't make a sound

I scream but don't make a sound
All my followers group in a circle
Do they make any moves to help me?
No, they just stare and gurgle
How much liquid was served here tonight?
Everybody seems out of sorts
I guess that's the luck of the draw
Time to sink back into my thoughts

15-Farewell-

This is my finale with no more curtain calls
This is my exit with no more cares at all
Smashing up a life that brought me nothing
Smashing up a situation to keep myself breathing

I assure you fair people that you won't see me again
The chances I'll return are close to none in ten
Yes all of those guitars do indeed belong to me
But for now I want to be alone can't you see?

This is my finale with no more fleeting smiles
This is my exit with no more turning dials
Falling asleep at the wheel of my existence
Falling asleep and bringing up no resistance

To let you know what I'm thinking is too much
I can tell what you're thinking by the way you look
Yes I've made a mess of myself tonight
But it's all part of my plan to take flight

Don't leave me now
I've got more to say
Don't turn your back
Stop running away

16-Tearing Away-

The tape has stopped and so have I
There's no more time for me to buy
I have run out
I have lost it

Don't think that I need you though
Don't convince yourself you own my soul
I still have that
I still own me

I may have lost my self respect
But I can still rip up this cheque
I don't need money
I don't want worship

You never understood my actions
I was only your satisfaction
I can leave you
I can tear away

See this contract it has expired
To your horror I'll now retire
I will disappear
I will just vanish

Nothing you can say will keep me here
I can go now and never reappear
I know where to go
I know what to do

17-A Closer Time-

I've never been hugged so tightly
Maybe this is regret sinking in

I know I've not been treated rightly
But the good times made me grin

I remember that this has happened before
So now I can push you away

I am more happy to leave you sore
There are no reasons to stay

I was happier when we were younger
Now I'm here I feel so old

I know there was once a hunger
My stories have all been told

I have nothing more to get across
Not one more word to breathe

I can't tell you why it is because
It would be a huge web to weave

I'll leave you now before it hurts
This is my bitter generosity

I will hitch past this city's outskirts
No matter how big the pity

I don't leave alone I have my guitar
Which may be little comfort

I'd promise I wouldn't go too far
If you know I wouldn't mean that

18-Waking Up-Part 2-

It's time to wake up
Time to walk my lonely path
It's time to take up
Time to talk myself to sleep

Under the sky of another new day
I wander the street aimlessly
I wonder just what any future holds
Now my heart it falters carelessly

When I reach a new low point
Even after I think I'm OK
I think that I shouldn't have left
Maybe things would have changed

I turn on my heel and walk
Who sees me lower my head?
Do they know this emptiness I carry?
Do they know I wish I was dead?

19-Channel 446-

The television never held much for my eyes
But now while I flip through I find an awful sight
Worse than anything I have seen before
How could this have happened over one simple night?
A recovery from a death so imminent
Me replaced in one flash of an instant

We're very optimistic of our distant futures
You may notice a new face at the front
He was weeded out of a few million hopefuls
To replace our ever-vigilant runt
I can do nothing now but stare and stare
This screen is lying and it doesn't care

20-Witness To A Rebirth-

Riffs I recall cut the air above my head
Why I came here tonight is a mystery
I was drawn by my bitter curiosity
To hopefully put my fears to bed
He can never replace the genius
At least that's what my brain hopes
He could never deal with the ropes
The vultures tied round his neck with their fuss
I am confident that he will fail
But try as I might I can't shake my horror
When they applaud them for their valour
It's like I was never their alpha male
All I need to do is ignore these facts
But how can a mind recover now?
How can I claw my way onwards somehow?
There are now holes where there was cracks

All this time I was the fault
I was the error to be corrected
All this time it was my fault
I always knew, I always suspected

21-All This Time?-

All this time I was the mistake
This bitter useless singer
All this time I was sleeping awake
This bitter useless singer

All this time I was the unneeded
This bitter useless singer
All this time I was secretly defeated
This bitter useless singer

All this time I was the unforgiven
This bitter useless singer
All this time I was out-written
This bitter useless singer

All this time I was the alienated
This bitter useless singer
All this time I was undedicated
This bitter useless singer

22-A Moment Off-

This five star hotel room makes me feel like a real man
This fridge full of drinks makes me feel like I understand
Anything I do, and anywhere I go
I'm never welcome, I'm always alone

As the night wears on, so do my thoughts
As the light from the television blurs my eyes
As the night grows cold, so does my heart
As the sights on the television bleeds me dry

I cry out for a hand to pick me up from my knees
But no-one appears to help me up despite my pleas
I sit on the bed and continue to think beyond my means
But I can't bring myself to replay the ghastly scenes

23-A Morbid Discovery-

A dreadful conclusion was reached by us all
He felt like his time was up, he had been called
The rows of empty bottles confirm his state of mind
To take himself away from us we see it as unkind
We never dreamt he'd push things as far as he did
He'd blown his top, lost his marbles, flipped his lid
Now we retire to our seperate rooms to consider our fates
We have certainly felt under too much strain of late

On the outside he left us, so it was his fault
We weren't the ones who filled his wounds up with salt
But maybe we were we just don't believe ourselves
No push it all back it's sincerity that sells
We'll keep our brave faces on for the masses
We'll pour out drinks for him and raise our glasses
Not that it means a single thing now to him
Our minds full of horror as the evening light dims

24-Escapism-

I did it and now I laugh in their faces
They don't see me
I took myself away and found new places
They don't see me

The door was kicked down after so long
They don't see me
For three whole days I had been gone
They don't see me

I couldn't stand their pace, their arrogance or charm
I wanted to escape, their ignorance and calm
It only takes a few minutes to sink into bliss
It only takes one fault to slip into the abyss

I hide behind their petty little masks
They don't see me
No more trials and no more thankless tasks
They don't see me

Maybe hastiness was what pushed me over
They don't see me
This edge of reason never seemed closer
They don't see me

I couldn't stand their pace, their arrogance or charm
I wanted to escape, their ignorance and calm
It only takes a few minutes to sink into bliss
It only takes one fault to slip into the abyss

25-Fin-

All the weights were lifted
Goodbye, goodbye
My shoulders were unburdened
Goodbye, goodbye
All my fans were gifted
Goodbye, goodbye
My mental state had worsened
Goodbye, goodbye

Would you have told me if I was going to die?
It may be too late but it's some compensation
Was every word you ever uttered merely a lie?
You can still save me from my frustration

If it's too late for penance I'll wrap up this tale
There's no point in pushing something that's not there
I wave my farewells to you as my soul sets sail
At least I found a fatal cure for my despair