Neal Morse - Kaleidoscope lyrics

[I. Overture (Instrumental)] [II. Ride The Lightning] Lift - lift me high Teach me why I've been born in a world of pain So confused in a masquerade Some give a smile while they hold a blade So I ran - so far away Night turned to desolation days Raining down - so out of phase Then came the silver lightning days High as the winds of yesterday As the mountains melt away While we're walking on a wire Lost in a world that's worlds away We will ride the lightning day As we set our souls on fire Ride it out Ride the lightning Race - race the sky Wind me up Get all cranked on the world stage That north wind buzzin' by Find yourself in a corporate high But you're crackin' up Breaking down Your best friends have all left you now There's no stance left to take Maybe it was all just a big mistake High as the winds of yesterday As the mountains melt away While we're walking on a wire Lost in a world that's worlds away We will ride the lightning day As we set our souls on fire Let's ride it out Ride the lightning Ride the lightning [III. Black Gold] There is no place top hot To mine the blackest gold You gave her birth And new you watch her growing old If life is leaving tomorrow We'll turn our backs to all sorrow And in a dancing ghost town That's the end of story You watch the crops keep dying And people pray for rain Seeing all the blood and blackness Running in her veins In desert towns lies the panic The piercing sun beats satanic And still we're drowning in a flood That sees no end The river flows - Black as gold That river glows - Taint your soul The river flows - Black as gold That river glows - Taint your soul And so the king of karma lost his only son You haven't lived in full Until you've tried that once The sacrifice is just ma**ive The hurt is fast and aggressive If you unearth the darkness You must pay the price! The river flows - Black as gold That river glows - Taint your soul The river flows - Black as gold That river glows - Taint your soul [IV. Walking The Road] Many days I've wondered far and wide It's just me and my pride This planet's so wide and there's nowhere to hide From myself And many moons I've gazed on High and low While I'm searching my soul This land is so vast yet I still see my past In myself As I look to the sky in wonder At this mystical map that we're under What should I do now and where do I find how To find myself, define myself As I walk this road will I ever Find that solution to my resolution, yea And as I take each step will there be that Real comprehension of my redemption What should I do now and where do I find how To find myself, define myself [V. Desolation Days] High on a hill there sits a man Who is watching himself Wondering what is the truth he lives inside Breaking asunder His castle melts into sand He sits in the wreckage he made with his Own hands Out of the cry of every pain From the realm of doubt and shame Where we sink in dust and mire There in our desolation days Where the heart sick human race Seeks to fill its own desires We can ride it out Ride the lightning Where are you now? Are you just grasping for gold rings while you can Hoping to make it into fulfilment land But it's never coming Not that way my friend But there is still time You can change your life again Out of the cry of every pain From the realm of doubt and shame That's where God will lift us higher There in our desolation days From the well of wisdom's place We will drink our true desire And all will be made right Just ride the lightning [VI. Lemon Looking Gla** (Instrumental)] [VII. Ride the Lightning (Reprise)] High as the winds of yesterday As our fear is washed away We'll be walking through the fire There on the mountain we will sing As His life fills everything We will live our true desire Let's ride it out Ride the lightning