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Song from the Vaults. Volume 1. The Rockers.

Asia

℗ 1997 

Asia • 1997 • Song from the Vaults. Volume 1. The Rockers.

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Boys from Diamond City

Echoes of a million years, lie twisted in my face
In a world without no name, and a stranger human race
In the distance how it shines, sparkles in the light
Like a flower pulls you in, you lose your mind.

And it really doesn't matter if the sky should fall
Your living under ground, there's no sky at all
Nothing much changes

We're the boys of the diamond city
We're tough like diamond
We're the boys of the diamond city
So rough, like diamonds

I remember nightmare days, like packs of dogs we'd roam
Through the broken city streets, through the broken city's bone
It's so hard to stand your ground, it's so hard to stay alive
'Cos when you fight for what you keep, you know you fight for your life

And it really doesn't matter if the sky should fall
Your living under ground, there's no sky at all
Nothing much changes

We're the boys of the diamond city
We're tough like diamond
We're the boys of the diamond city
So rough, like diamonds

I remember a time
A giant skyline
And a blue, blue sky
It's almost dreamlike
We're the boys of the diamond city

We're the boys of the diamond city
We're tough like diamond
We're the boys of the diamond city
So rough, like diamonds

Obsession

Can I feel your hair soft on wet skin
Deep inside I bleed from the blade within
Can I reach the burning, burning moon
Can I change this madness, lust consume
Breathing out and breathing in - begin

Suddenly I wake from a calling sweat
Blood red water on my head
Was I only dreaming the flesh so real
What would another good sin reveal

Breathing out and breathing in
I can't fight the drug within
Feel the first hit to the heart

You're my shot, your my obsession
Hear the voices say
I can't turn and walk away - yeah
You're my shot, your my obsession
Hear the voices

Oh - how I need to hold onto fire to win
Pumping through my veins love's adrenalin
Can you hear those voices

Breathing out and breathing in
I can't fight the drug within
Feel the first hit to the heart

You're my shot, your my obsession
Hear the voices say
I can't turn and walk away - yeah
You're my shot, your my obsession
Hear the voices say

I Can't Wait a Life Time

After all is said and done
Time will wait no more
Have not the strength to carry on
Light grows cold
Steals away the life in me
Cold with this uncertainty
Forgive me

I can't wait a lifetime
Won't let this child die within my heart
I can't wait a lifetime
Don't let it slip away
Don't let it slip away
From me

In the end I had to turn
Hurt to see you cry
Beneath the skin the prison lies
Love the only crime
Do I unlock the life in me
Or ride the storm eternally
Forgive me

I can't wait a lifetime
Won't let this child die within my heart
I can't wait a lifetime
Don't let it slip away
Don't let it slip away
From me

Showdown

She cried to the southern wind
About a love that was sure to end
Every dream in her heart was gone
Headin' for a showdown

Bad dreamer, what's your name
Looks like we're ridin' on the same train
Looks as though there'll be more pain
There's gonna be a showdown

And it's rainin all over the world
It's raining all over the world
Tonight, the longest night

She came to me like a friend
She blew in on a southern wind
Now my heart is turned to stone again
There's gonna be a showdown

Save me, oh save me
It's unreal, the suffering
There's gonna be a showdown

And it's rainin all over the world
It's raining all over the world
Tonight the longest night

Heart of Gold

We are the future within our dome
A new generation, we live alone
Washed the words from the subway wall
We had to fight to survive
You still can have it all
So listen to our cry

With a mind of steel, but a heart of gold
The winds of change you can move the stone
By the hands of love you must free the soul
To live forever with a heart of gold

We are the future, we hold the key
The messengers are calling, "wake up your race"
All but man did turn to dust
Then we saw her fall
Cut her down by the sword of greed
So listen to our cry

With a mind of steel, but a heart of gold
The winds of change you can move the stone
By the hands of love you must free the soul
To live forever with a heart of gold

With a mind of steel, but a heart of gold
The winds of change you can move the stone
By the hands of love you must free the soul
To live forever with a heart of gold

You are the future, it's up to you
You are the future, it's up to you

Don't Come to Me

Walking down the avenue
Every step I take I see you
There's nothing more that I can do
To hold back from crying

It's not that I don't have the time
To hear your voice would only cost a dime
I'm gonna save myself a dime
And you know why

'Cos in the night, when you're alone
And there is no one you can turn to
As you're reaching for the phone

Don't come to me
I won't be there you see
You turned this heart to stone
Now you'll walk alone
So don't come to me

How did I get left this way?
I must have been born yesterday
Every single word you'd say
Were lies, lies, lies

Still walking down that avenue
Every step I take I see you
There's nothing more that I can do
To hold back from crying

Don't come to me
'Cos I won't be there you see
You turned this heart to stone
Now you'll walk alone
So don't come to me

Reality

It's down your wire, it's on your screen
Pirate satellite, next to MTV
Insert your hand, subscription free
It's reality

Put on the suit, connect the chord
Free mind of city life, just ecstasy
Don't block the flow, only you can see
Your reality

And as the programme runs surely to the screen
You can't hold back, you're in

Reality - so virtual
Reality - machinery
Designed by me, but physical
Reality, just anything you want to see

Is it wrong it's in your mind
Banned by the chosen ones, how they rule your life
Exit that page, enter brave new world
From reality

And as the programme runs surely to the screen
You can't hold back, you're in

Reality - so virtual
Reality - machinery
Designed by me, but physical
Reality, just anything you want to see

A. L. O.

Brown suede shoes and corduroys
Greasy hair not out of choice
Trying hard to blend in with the boys
Standing in the corner of the room
He would see her every Friday night
Watching all the guys hold her so tight
Looks in her eyes
But she doesn't even know his name

He would give her just anything
To hear her voice
To hear her sing
"I love you"

Climbing mountains so high
He won't give in
Risk the thin thread of life
To find his dream
There is no turning back
In the face of attack
Looking for the key of her heart

She's the reason of his dreams
Heroine to his pirate king
Marylin to his Jimmy Dean
Swept away to the sound of violins
Friday night and it's all for real
She don't know just how he feels
Maybe this could be her lucky day

He would give her just anything
To hear her voice
To hear her sing
"I love you"

Climbing mountains so high
He won't give in
Risk the thin thread of life
To find his dream
There is no turning back
In the face of attack
Looking for the key of her heart

Love Like the Video

She sends her smile by satellite
Steaming up the screen at night
Got the mouth, knows how to squeeze
Every line of make-believe
In the flesh, just like a dream
Fingers touch the fantasy
To hold so close, her lips near mine
Bodies on the borderline

Oh, when the lights went down
I held my breath
But she held the freeze frame

Love like the video
Why can't she love like the video

Captured hot on thirty-five
Tempting all to idolise
Leading lady, pleading man
Picture post, L.A., Cannes
Every take is just like the first
Every fake so well rehearsed
Passions are the cruelest part
Deception in the coolest heart

Oh, when the lights went down
I held my breath
But she held the freeze frame

Love like the video
Why can't she love like the video

Satellite Blues

Hey you, you're walking down a New York street
Feel the tension in the midday heat
You're walking on blood
TV, it's all there on a Japanese screen
East, West, there's no in between
Now, we just love "The Reds"

Everything is now because the past is dead
You've got to look forward if you want to get ahead
What kind of person sells a young person drugs?
You bring them up good but don't call them thugs
Third world stories, well they make the news
It's a five minute wonder, call it...

Satellite blues
Any way the wind blows

Dive, dive! Underground is just the place to be
So cool, it keeps the city clean
Now walk on by

I said "Walk, walk, don't run!"
Don't you know you've got to follow the signs?
This life's so cruel, so cruel to be kind
It's a one-way street

You've got to live on the edge just to make a big deal
This life's big fun, man, it's like a roulette wheel
What kind of world would let these children die?
There's so much money we could all retire
We could all live happily if we choose
But it's a five minute wonder, call it...

Satellite blues
Any way the wind blows

I Believe

Through the fields that have changed with time
The spirit still grows stronger
I can see the boy inside
I can feel the hunger

But there's a shadow that is thrown upon us
Like a thief come in the night
They still try and put us down
We stand and fight

I believe
We're gonna rise and steal the thunder
I believe
We're gonna hold this flame forever
I believe

Like an arrow from a burning bow
It's aim once born of anger
Like a river that forever flows
The years our only danger

The water washes over me
But I still can breathe the fire
Oh Lord, I'm just a man
No longer giving it all away

I believe
We're gonna rise and steal the thunder
I believe
We're gonna hold this flame forever
I believe

The Voice of Reason [live 1992]

Nothing ventured nothing gained
Tired and washed out by the pain
Do we share this problem, will it slip away?
Or do we fight another day?
Was I looking for a friend?
One I could on 'til the end
Is there something that I didn't do?
Does it all begin with you?

So how did I, Oh I
Give you reason?
But how did I, Oh I
Give you reason?

After all the fallen tears
When we wake the token dream
Who let the water slowly draw away?
All the colours we made

So how did I, Oh I
Give you reason?
But how did I, Oh I
Give you reason?

To give you reason, to change the river's flow
To give you reason, to point the bone
To give you reason, to set your spirit free
I don't know, I don't know why

Is there nothing I can say?
Is there nothing I can do, girl?
Didn't mean to break your life
Didn't mean to burn your world, no

So how did I, Oh I
Give you reason?
But how did I, Oh I
Give you reason?

You can keep the silver band
You can have the memories, girl
Now as 'Pilate' cleans the hands
It's no more to do with me, no

So how did I, Oh I
Give you reason?
But how did I, Oh I
Give you reason?

So how did I, Oh I
Give you reason?
Let's the voice of reason say: