13 The Eternal Idol © 1987

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The Eternal IdolReleased Fall 1987

Track Listing • The Shining (5:58)• Ancient Warrior (5:34)• Hard Life to Love (5:00)• Glory Ride (4:48)• Born to Lose (3:43)• Nightmare (5:17)• Scarlet Pimpernel (2:07)• Lost Forever (4:00)• Eternal Idol (6:35)

The Shining (5:58) There's a man who sees all there is to seeWhat the future holds for allAs the days grow dark with the grim and final warningBeware of the ones with invisible friendsThey will steal into your mindAnd all too soon the signs begin to show

Rise up to the shiningLive long live nowRise up to the shiningDon't be blind by fools againFools again

As the pages turn and the story's toldFrom the visions he's seenThe house on the hillWith the haunted eyes that call

Noone laughed as madness came outTo play it's gameIf you stay too long you'll finally go insane

Rise up to the shiningLive long live nowRise up to the shiningDon't be blind by fools againFools again

Bells will take their tollOn your wayThere's no way we're born to shineBefore our time, all your lifeYou're on your ownLonely roadLost in a timeLet the light lead your way

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To the golden throneIt's the only way

Rise up to the shiningLive long live nowRise up to the shining

Don't be blind by fools againRise up to the shiningLive long live nowRise up the shiningDon't be blind by fools again

Oh rise up, to the shiningWise up they're gonna steal your mindRise up, the house is gonna haunt you

No one laughed, no one criedYou stayed too longYou're finally gonna stay

NOTES:• The US Warner Bros versions (viynl/CD/Cassette) are missing the first four verses of lyrics.• The final two lines appear on the lyric sheet, but are not sung.• The original Ray Gillen version of this song has a completely different last verse.

Ancient Warrior (5:34) There's no end - there's no beginningTo the old man's storyDoes he still remember meFrom lives gone byOh I see his spirit risingUpon the back of timeI've got nowhere to hideWill he keep a place for me

He is the king of all kingsThe keeper of lightHe holds eternity's wings

In his eyes an ocean's burningSwollen seas of tearsTroubled mind the beatingWar drums in his ears

No one ever hears his warningAm I the one he callsWhen they tell me they're afraidSome say I'll be put away

He is the king of all kingsThe keeper of lightHe holds eternity's wingsMy blood will spill my blood

My blood will spill my blood

In the wisdom of the prophet's

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Never ending taleOpen up the eyesWithin your mind, he saysCrowned in his ancient gloryThere's a king within us allSome will say it's all in vain

That he doesn't have a nameHe is the king of all kingsThe keeper of lightHe holds eternity's wings

Hard Life to Love (5:00) Livin' in the fast lane is easyTill you run out of roadFriends will turn to strangersWhen you're out of controlA slip of the tongue whenIt's done, is often hard toSee it thruSo never let your words be liesOr they'll come looking for you

It's a hard life to love

For the price of glory you leftAnd threw your fortunes away

Never really cared too much for The job or the pay

You're standing in the rain with No cover but you never complainYou're an angry young man face toFace but your mirrors insaneIt's a hard life to love

I'm simply refusing a part in your worldAnd I see how it burnsSee how it burnsAnd you're simply denying the factThat you're blind and I see no moreI see red - I only see red

Think of all the times I wasHurting but you felt no painThink of all the lies you told meAgain and againAnd still you see the truthFrom those who continue to lieAnd now you're seeking lifeFrom those who are living to dieIt's a hard life to love

I'm simply refusing a part in your world

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And I see how it burnsSee how it burnsAnd you're simply denying the factThat you're blind and I see no moreI see red - I only see red

Livin' in the fast lane ain't easyWhen you run out of roadFriends will turn to strangersWhen you've nowhere to goDon't give a damn when you're lostCause you'll die from it allLaws were made to be brokenAnd you do it for the thrill of it allIt's a hard life to loveIt's a hard life to love

Glory Ride (4:48) Winged with steel they fill the air The soldiers of fortune will rideIn the sights of the enemy's gunThose who have taken their oaths tonightAre well prepared they know they'llDo or die even if it's suicide

Let's take a chanceAs the skies will Burn toniteWasted lives and spirits run freeOn the wings of no return

Dressed to kill where eagles dareThe fate of a nation's at handIs this the answer to the prayersCome the dawn, thru the bloodRed skies return with tearsIn their eyes, and theyRecall thou shalt not kill

And in the morningThey'll take a hero's bowAnd make the ever lasting flight

Hear them calling up above allAcross the skiesHear them calling up above fromThe other side

Here them call!

Let's take a chanceAs the skies will burn toniteWasted lives and spirits run freeOn the wings of no return

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Let's take a chanceAs the skies will burn toniteWasted lives and spirits run freeOn the wings of no return

Born to Lose (3:43) I'll play your gameBut if you lose you're gonna have to pay the priceBroken chains, like a prisoner free at lastThe fear inside just up and diedTime will tell if i am wrong

It won't be too longYou think I'm chasing shadows In the dark Well I'm not born to loseI'm not born to lose

You curse my name, as you turn and walk away, from viewIt won't be too longYou don't scare me cos you'reHard to see and it's timeThat you were goneIt won't be too long

You think I'm chasing shadows In the dark Well I'm not born to lose

You think I'm chasing shadows In the dark What you gonna do about it nowWhat you gonna do about it now

It won't be too longIt won't be too longIt won't be too long

You think I'm chasing shadows In the dark What you gonna do about it nowWhat you gonna do about it now

Ain't nothing I can do about it now

Nightmare (5:17) Close my eyes starting dreamingSee a vision filled with wingsHead my wayFeel the presence of unknown power Telling me to comeThis is the only way

It's dream within dreamLost and lonelyDon't get pulled by the devil's hand

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Now hell's just your death away

It's too late to say you careWhen there's evil in your stareYou say you're not to blame

In your head voices mocking every prayer Remember the face you sawThat once was youSpirit high there's no way thatYou could loseGive him rope they saidAs you look the hangman in the eye

Now around your neck you feelThe noose

In your head voices mocking every prayer Now you're lost forever

I'm burning with fire it's time toLeave or get outI'm burning in fire I can't take

No more so get outI'm burning with fire the wheels of Steel will grind youBurning in fire this timeYou're lost forever Lost forever!

There's an evil in your stareLost forever!And hell's just a breath awayYou're lost forever And there's no way out you burnWith fire it's time to get outGet out, get outAnd there's no way outLost forever

Eternal Idol (6:35) No one said it had to be this wayWhy are we the victims of their final word

Dying world is killing us so slowlyI believe no god may save us now

Can't you see what I seeSinners say your prayers toniteYour judgement day is hereChild tomorrow will die, not evenBorn jesus our questionsHe never seems to hear Dying for the answers may be

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The price we pay, to find theKey to our livesIs there a heaven is there a hellWho's this god, tell me there's

No god above, whyWe chose what lord, deep

Within our soulsHe's not one thingWe are his spiritWe could save this worldFrom destruction dayCan't you see what I see

You and I victims of their wordAs the masters of power Try to poison our world

Greed money taken over Their souls, you'reJust mechanical brainsPoliticians don't knowJust don't knowWe can chance this world weLive in, don't let it die

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