Kaleidoscope Lyrics - Kaleidoscope Digital Special Edition - Transatlantic

Lift - lift me high 

teach me why 

ive 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 windws 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 

there is no place too hot 

to mine the blackest gold 

you gave her birth 

and now 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 

(REPEAT x1) 

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 massive 

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 

(REPEAT x1) 

Many days i've wondered far and wide 

it's just me and my pride 

this palent'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 

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 

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 fulfillment 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 

High as the windws 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 

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Cheers! 

Had to type while listening so there will be typos. I am too lazy to re-read this colossal piece of text.