Suspect Device
John Haggerty - Electric Guitar/Saxophone
Pierre Kezdy - Lead Bass
Eric Spicer - Battery
Jeff Pezzati - The Voice
And so it begins - that some things last forever
This spirit endure - the courage that failed them never
So let valor erase - the lies that sought
To deceive them.
And so for now - I see it very clearly
A soldier in time - knows just what he holds dearly
And so it became - that time was not on their side.
And yet it remains - until we breathe our last breath.
Like tears in rain - there is no shame iIn your death.
The big ball swings towards you and him on her
When the finding's out and the fryin' pan flies
And the sound resounds when your love is burned
And you just can't take it any more
When the walls come down
When the walls come down
A crack starts near ground
Will it all come down
There's the fear that's like a leech on your heart
And it's in the eyes of your enemy
Then there's the clutch near death the dying strike
Impress your fist upon the face of eternity
When the walls come down
When the walls come down
A crack starts near ground
Will it all come down
Ever consider
From boiling water the residue?
A sea full of people
But after the action who's left with you?
They're standing on others.
You're standing on hope to see you thru.
The atmosphere's wanning
They stand on your toes they breathe with you
With virgin eye and heart of cold
And mind of child I swear it's
Not the way I thought it would be
And of the others?
Fools in a glass house throwing stones
Delusions of lacking
Unless one can top it leave it alone
A no - alee dream place
Where waves in my blood crash violent tone
And after all effort
The pain and the rainclaim you their own
With virgin eye and heart of cold
And mind of child I swear it's
Not the way I thought it would be.
Six hundred miles an hour
Three inches off the ground
Your feet feel the conclusion
As you pass the speed of sound
A fine preoccupation
Just how fast can you go?
At eight hundred miles an hour
Your blood begins to slow
At an inch and then a half inch
It's the damnedest thing
Blades of grass whip past
They slice they don't sting
Nine hundred miles an hour
A quarter inch off the ground
A small gnat hits you
You explode without a sound
A live wire
Lives for today
Look at what you're doing
It matters not what you say
I'll tell you what is what
I'll tell you what is meant to be
All is not well in the land of the free
I'm a live wire from a spark I have grown
But when I'm gone you'll be on your own
Can't you feel my pulse
The current runs through me
I could be underfoot
Don't tread on me
Like a live wire
Watch it burn
Put the knife in oppression
When it's back is turned
The real live wire
The mean defier
I stand against all odds
The equalizer forged of fiber -
That stands up against the gods
Here to serve
The rebels nerve
And give his tounge its lash
But when the battles turn
And the ships are burned
Then you know that's where I'll be
A brilliance under mane
Cloudy lens and subtle strain
A fury sears the vein in time
And momentum is decline
You see the man is sick
With power's arsenic
What politic contradicts
Change
Change in sight
Change
The lay is right
Time
Time ignite
Like a freak, in a beast, in the least
Hand, hang, hang
In a spiralling humanity
There's a cycle we can see
In a throng's monstrosity odds are
There'll always be a mule
You never can predict the mind of a lunatic
A mind so badly sick
With strange arithmetic
And so it finally comes to this
Everybody looks just like shit
The situation's just a little remiss
Where will the knight be when the light glows low
Electric slows and the sun can't make things grow?
What was he supposed to do?
After all he was the man in blue not you
Bringin' home the goods and takin' his time
James Gordon saw the sun refused to shine
Will he see his Sarah? he yearned
Her apartment is the one that's burned - he runs
The boys gather in the thick of the dump
Weapons ready and adrenalin begins to pump
Time to turn the boys into men
The sons of Batman will ride again tonight
The throng moves man of steel falls
James Gordon finds her in his arms - she bawls
The Gotham jail has gone up for grabs
In Gotham City he's not out of a job tonight
Onto the scene rides the man of old
Nerves of steel bat blood of cold
Bats at the helm again (2x) and he runs
Of course he ends up saving the day
Robin's back and as a girl she's not so gay
Bats at the helm again (2x) and he's
Now he's back
But where's Kent?
Now he's back and it's right
And so it finally comes to this
As we swan dive into the abyss
Is there somethin' is there something we missed
The future looks bright
If you're into the blight
Haven't we learned at all?
Time and again
We lose in the end
How does it feel to be burned?
In your blood again
And in your tears
You count just on one hand
The remaining years
Check yourself again
(test yourself again)
Lovers and your friends
Lovers and your friends
Assume that it'll end
(plague has reached the land)
Against your time again
Treat each month like a year
(treat each hour like a year)
Back to the blight
It may be alright
We're just too close to the source
Hop a plane bus or cab
Or leave it to Abbott Labs
Look to the past, plot a course
We're breeding some real invalids and cons
Most of us don't have a clue of what's going on
I can't belive we live with this mutation
We must be just a step out of damnation
Cremation, free nation
Haven't I read all of this in a book?
It seems the Romans were hung on the same hook
We might lose a little bit in the translation
But I think it's basically the same equation
Creation, of a free nation
I look at the crowd and see something in their faces
It makes me glad that I'm not in their places
I'm single minded and in for the duration
With my progress serving as my explanation
Predation, in a free nation
Take and talk and time for all of it
There are no leaders who see the point of it
Independance is always started by education
But only will be truly gained by declaration
Elation, for a free nation
Free nation, free nation
There are some people in this world, I think we all know some, who wander blindly 'round the rim of the pool
of
Death, tempt the beasts of the shadows, fanning the flames of hell. We can only watch in horror as they walk calmly
between the fangs of the beast. Are they brave or foolhardy? Are they heroes or madmen? They can upset the balance
of power and they will decide the fate of the indifferent We call these people hammerheads.
So I said to this big swarthy looking guy, "Man, I never tried to steal your woman. Because of your bigness, it would never have entered my mind. Look, so there's no hard feelings, why don't I buy you a malt liquor, or some lottery tickets. Say what? No, I don't want to step outside" a-hyuck hyuck hyuck...
"No, I didn't call you assface, you must have misunderstood me. [????] No way, dude!" So now this guy's ready to really kick my ass, right?. I'm outta there. I find this guy's car, I whip out my pocketknife and totally trash his vinyl. You shoulda seen it.
I can pick your locks
Put you up on blocks
Strip you down for parts
Mega-amp jump start
But when you call on me
Best be ready to pay my fee
You only get one chace to do right by me
It's always drive, drive drive
Got to move to survive
That's the law of the ghetto
Know when to stay and when to go
But when you call on me
Best be ready to pay my fee
You only get one chace to do right by me
It's me you'll owe (2x)
So don't owe me
Don't even try to do something to make me feel
Well I'm the ghetto mechanic
There's no need for panic
I drink malt liquor for kicks
There ain't no problem I can't fix
But when you call on me
Best be ready to pay my fee
You only get one chance to do right by me
It's me you'll owe (2x)
So don't owe me
Don't even try to do something to make me feel
Suspect DeviceInflammable material is planted in my head
It's a suspect device that's left 2000 dead
Their solutions are your problems
They put up the wall
On each side time and prime us
And make sure we got fuck all
They play their games of power
They mark and cut the pack
They deal us to the bottom
But do they put back?
Don't believe them
Don't believe them
Don't be bitten twice
You gotta suss, suss, suss, suss, suss out
Suss suspect device
They take away our freedom
In the name of liberty
Why don't they all just clear off
Why don't they let us be
They make us feel indebted
For saving us from hell
And then they put us through it
It's the bastards fell
Don't believe them
Don't believe them
Question everything you're told
Just take a look around you
At the bitterness and spite
Why can't we take over and try to put it right
We're a suspect device if we do what we are told
But a suspect device can score an own goal
I'm a suspect device the army can't defuse
You're a suspect device they know they can't refuse
We're gonna blow up in their face