Arena - Solomon Lyrics
In the distanceHidden from sight - patientlyWaiting for mePart of the night - enemy mineThis horizonDarkness and light - oppositesDrawn together, one foreverWrong and the right - enemy mineNow is the time to decide......Don't answer me with the same old questionsDon't patronise with those tired old solutionsI've heard these before, I've been here beforeDon't pay me back with the same old deceptionsDon't give me factsand predictable suggestionsI've heard these before, I've been here beforeThen you're screaming all the timeYou don't listen any moreWhen you threw out the hopewith the dustbin linersYou were standing alonewith your coat of kindnessCovered in mud - it was soaked in my bloodWhen you fed me to the lionsin your personal arenaAnd you watched till the criesand the prayers grew weakerHead in my hands - Dripping tears in the sandThe roar of the lionsAs the victim lies damned and alone.......When agony comesmore from hope than failureLook further thanyour preconceptions,expectationsWhere the powerof the mind cantake you outbeyond this reachHigher than the dulland simple world youknow so wellBack to paradise.......Who keeps the child - Tellme which is the mother?The need in her eye,and the eyes of the otherand I've seen this before,I've been here beforeCut the child in half,give a piece to each womanA desparate chance,the last hope has fallenJust like before,I've felt this beforeAnd the gurgles of laughterareechoes once more in myheartSo I lie down in my mothers armsAnd I cry in my mothers arms, prayingPraying for the end to come.....A friend to come and rescue me - right nowSo I listen to my mother's voiceAnd I listen to theOnly choice she had to makeLiving fear cold and *****Throw me away? Don't throw me away"Take the child - it's yours!"Was the only thing she could have said.....Does it matter to you?In the lion's cage we're all the sameDoes it matter to you?It's a child's game with a child's nameDoes it matter to you?If I place the blame upon your shouldersDon't try to fool the worldDon't try to rule the world again.....Throw away my life in the fireplaceWith the old love lettersAnd the Nottingham laces;Trying to forget the warm embracesVideo suppers and the funny facesDoes it matter to you?Does it matter to you?Does it matter to you?Does it matter at all?------Alexandre Prusseaperusse@sie.qc.ca
