Carnival of Rust lyrics by Poets of the Fall

1. Fire

It´s a bit like a trip, but you hit it with a slip of a tongue, like a whip, and we´re sinking, it ain´t cool to be cool, though you may think it a laudable tool of self evaluation, of ego cultivation, n´ I´m rolling my eyes like the stones for the lies, is it really all about the size or just a simple vice... Oh, and it makes the news Oh, cos it sings the blues I feel the fire flare alight inside me Higher so I can see N´ aspire to survive this fight in spite of Liars and travesty Oh fire Did you think that I´d blink, that I´d go and take the ink to your control, that I´d sell my soul, and does it ring any bells that it sells that we´re living out of shells in a shotgun, if we couldn´t shoot, we´d have to run, and finally the cerebral fantasy, better genes and machines, so we can die looking like we´re teens, like snapshot scenes in smithereens... Oh, and the ones we choose Oh, witch hunting fools I feel the fire... Look there it is in the news again, yeah There it goes singing the blues again Fire flare alight inside me... Fire, return my joy cos I´m so Tired, tired of me Inspire the weary eyed to see the Ire and Irony Oh fire

2. Sorry Go ´Round

The devil may smile with an angel´s face A cat may be stolen of its grace They say it´s just a matter of time and place A man may be less than an animal The antichrist write up the honor roll The tightrope walker take the final fall (at his house, in the bathroom, on a holiday, and that´s in the news) Oh, the things you see Makes ignorance bliss for you and me, yeah, When arrogance does publicity, Smiling happily It´s a merry go round and around and around The begging boy becomes the begging man The zealot never saves the sacrificial lamb And a child wants to know if the Candyman can Everybody wants the fancy car And we´ve all been told not to run too far But everybody wants to be a rock´n´roll star Oh, the things you see Makes arrogance seem the way to be, yeah, When ignorance spreads conformity, Smiling happily It´s a merry go round and around and around

3. Carnival of Rust

D´ you breath the name of your saviour in your hour of need, n´ taste the blame if the flavor should remind you of greed, Of implication, insinuation and ill will, till´ you cannot lie still, In all this turmoil, before red cape and foil come closing in for a kill Come feed the rain Cos I´m thirsty for your love dancing underneath the skies of lust Yeah feed the rain Cos without your love my life ain´t nothing but this carnival of rust It´s all a game, avoiding failure, when true colors will bleed All in the name of misbehavior and the things we don´t need I lust for after no disaster can touch us anymore And more than ever, I hope to never fall, where enough is not the same it was before Come feed the rain... Don´t walk away, don´t walk away, oh, when the world is burning Don´t walk away, don´t walk away, oh, when the heart is yearning

4. Locking Up the Sun

They´re locking up the sun, the light of reason gone, n´ hope has been succesfully undone The question´s burning on, where is it coming from, no-one seems to know the monster born It´s a bad trip on a sinking ship, when no-one seems responsible Scapegoat to rock the boat, yeah, we need someone expendable Volunteers to face the fears, can we be sensible And find a way to break the fall, find out the cure for all Is there a hero somewhere, someone who appears and saves the day Someone who holds out a hand and turns back time Is there a hero somewhere, someone who will never walk away Who doesn´t turn a blind eye to a crime They´re locking up the sun, they have their chosen one, you know this time they´ll make him play along They´re taking to the arms, the fathers and their sons, there´s nowhere left to run and hide It´s a bad trip on a sinking ship, when no-one seems responsible Scapegoat to rock the boat, yeah, we need someone expendable Volunteers to face the fears, can we be sensible And find a way to break the fall, find out the cure for all Is there a hero somewhere, someone who appears and saves the day Someone who holds out a hand and turns back time Is there a hero somewhere, someone who will never walk away Who doesn´t turn a blind eye to a crime And in the emptiness, there´s a solution, just look within yourself for absolution

5. Gravity

Here at the station, standing in the rain, lost in my train of thought Looking around for a better time again, but yesterday ain´t running on this track Unpredictable fortune, my past, lights up my future, at last, ending my torture Like gravity like love, You get up after you fall Like gravity like love I´m not afraid anymore Like gravity like love, You get up after you fall, I ain´t afraid no more Out of no reason I´ve decided to stay, present a solution, to the problem, Typical of me, that I concentrate on the destination so much that I miss the journey there and back Unpredictable fortune, my past, lights up my future, at last, ending my torture Like gravity like love, You get up after you fall Like gravity like love I´m not afraid anymore Like gravity like love, You get up after you fall, I ain´t afraid no more If gravity was love, if gravity was love, if gravity was love...

6. King of Fools

I worry that I can´t give you what you need That you´ll find nothing underneath the peel That I can´t undo the times we disagreed That I can´t ignore the way I feel Cos what I feel is the only truth I know And I get by on this naivete of youth If what I feel is the only truth And what I give out will make up what I´ll receive Can I leave behind my naivete of youth? Will I be crucified for wanting to believe? I believe Could you hold us up if I would drag us down? Resurrect emotions from our past N´ if they had a king for fools would you wear the crown? Build us up again and make us last Cos what I feel is the only truth for me And I get by on this naivete of youth If what I feel is the only truth And what I give out will make up what I´ll receive Can I still leave behind my naivete of youth? Will I be crucified for wanting to believe? I believe And if we don´t worry about a thing Will we be sorry when the rain is falling again And what does it matter If fortune should favor It´s never the final amen If what I feel is the only truth And what I give out will make up what I´ll receive Can I still leave behind my naivete of youth? Will I be crucified for wanting to believe? I believe

7. Roses

I´ve walked the distance, I paid my dues and tried to have a go at what I thought I knew was real, held no appeal I´ve been to places, I´ve seen the tidings, I bought a book of rules for every coin that I could steal And so I came to gaze upon the stars, when they were yet unborn And consequently, tear at my old scars, and the mask I had outworn So when I´m crying alone Yeah, when I´m cold as a dying stone Grow me a garden of roses Paint me the colors of sky and rain Teach me to speak with their voices Show me the way and I´ll try again I´ve heard the rumors, started fires, I sowed a sordid lot of plays for keeps for what I need, behold the demons that I freed I´ve tried my best at wearing the hard hat, but healing doesn´t seem to happen when you hide away the seed And so I came across the medicine man, and he showed me what I´d forlorn For if I´m stayed it happens by my own hand, and my own voice full of scorn So when I´m crying alone Yeah, when I´m cold as a dying stone Grow me a garden of roses Paint me the colors of sky and rain Teach me to speak with their voices Show me the way and I´ll try again Without you I´m nothing at all And life has the face of a morbid game With you nothing seems impossible It all seems to fit the frame So when I´m crying alone Yeah, when I´m cold as a dying stone Grow me a garden of roses Paint me the colors of sky and rain Teach me to speak with their voices Show me the way and I´ll try again

8. Desire

Fatal velocity, comes on with a rush, overpowering, gives the final push What never moves, is never still, who has the final word It holds the world in a single pill, and all life rendered absurd Kill sweet desire, faith may numb the trial, but can you run all your life Kill sweet desire, truth will make a liar, you can run but not hide So run for your life A false sincerity, a liar and a thief, my pulse and memory, a comfort within grief What never moves, is never still, who has the final word It holds the world in a single pill, and all life rendered absurd Kill sweet desire, faith may numb the trial, but can you run all your life Kill sweet desire, truth will make a liar, you can run but not hide Given into this sensation, feel I´ve run too far Cannot see beyond emotion, see what the options are With no faith to trust the notion, I fear I´m losing all control Kill...

9. All the Way / 4U

Seems to matter what I do, so I´m saving this 4 U Cos it seems to be the last piece there is And you haven´t had a chance yet to taste this Fragments of a life you shouldn´t miss Seems to matter what I say, so I´ll hold my tongue at bay And rather use my mouth to kiss your frown away So your doubts no longer darken your day So you can hold your head up high come what may So please remember that I´m gonna follow through all the way Cos it seems to matter where I go, I will always let you know That the place where I am is never far You know, you´re not alone, don´t be alarmed I´ll find you no matter where you are So please remember that I´m gonna follow through all the way Oh my love, if it´s all I can do, I´ll take the fall 4 U Cos I will soar when I lay down with you and give my all 4 U

10. Delicious

I hear a sigh, longing for loving in this life The how and the why, that keeps us running through the night Touching divine, for me it has only your face I´m looking to find pieces of wisdom I´ve misplaced I don´t make the rules dear You don´t hear the symphony I hear We don´t get a dollar bill for every shining tear Fictitious and so real Love´s a onetime deal With a delicious dark appeal And a religious kind of zeal, yeah So precious, yet surreal Life´s a onetime deal With a delicious dark appeal And a religious kind of zeal, yeah Witnessing fault in every pawn in the game The only one called proudly answers to my name No I don´t know why love is a thief in the night The one that you try, is your most devoted guide We don´t make the rules dear We don´t hear the symphony they hear We don´t get a dollar bill for every shining tear Fictitious and so real Love´s a onetime deal With a delicious dark appeal And a religious kind of zeal, yeah So precious, yet surreal Life´s a onetime deal With a delicious dark appeal And a religious kind of zeal, yeah So thank you for choosing me, playing me, displaying me And selling me to slavery, yeah Thank you for using me, flaying me, erasing me Awarding me for bravery Fictitious and so real Love´s a onetime deal With a delicious dark appeal And a religious kind of zeal, yeah So precious, yet surreal Life´s a onetime deal With a delicious dark appeal And a religious kind of zeal, yeah

11. Maybe Tomorrow Is a Better Day (Remastered)

I´d stay the hand of god, but the war is on your lips How can I brace myself for razor blades on whips When everything with meaning is shattered, broken, screaming And I´m lost inside this darkness and I fear I won´t survive I could pray and trick with a double tongue, but the only fool here´s me I choose the way to go, but the road won´t set me free Cos I wish you´d see me, baby, save me, I´m going crazy Tryin´ to keep us real, keep us alive This day will die tonight and there ain´t no exception We shouldn´t wait for nothing to wait for Love me in this fable, babe, my heart is in your hand Our time is waiting right outside your door And maybe tomorrow is a better day I do not deal the cards and I play a lousy hand I celebrate no victories and my promises are sand Against all this I contrast you, when all is lost the war is through Hey angel, dare the winds now we can fly This day will die tonight and there ain´t no exception Why should I wait for nothing to wait for Let me love you in this fable, hold your heart in my hand Our time is waiting right outside your door And maybe tomorrow is a better day This day will die tonight and there ain´t no exception Why should I wait for nothing to wait for I won´t cry for my solitude, lay my head and dream of you And hope that you´ll come knocking on my door And maybe tomorrow is a better day I know tomorrow is a better day

12. Dawn

When darkness is no less than everything you´ve built become undone There´s no fight and no flight, disaster leaves your passion overrun It´s time to let go, it´s time to carry on with the show don´t mourn what is gone, greet the dawn n´ I will be standing by your side together we´ll face the turning tide Remembrance, can be a sentence, but it comes to you with a second chance in tow Don´t lose it, don´t refuse it, cos you cannot learn a thing you think you know A new light is warm, shining down on you after the storm Don´t mourn what is gone, greet the dawn n´ I will be standing by your side together we´ll face the turning tide

Top of page

Poets of the Fall Lyrics

Albums

What do you want to do now?

Browse bands

815 bands, 5571 newsitems, 415 interviews, 2770 albums, 20684 songs, 920 samples, 864 videos, 1699 Musicians' info

WANT TO WORK WITH US? If Finnish Rock and Metal is in your blood, send us e-mail through FEEDBACK or to webmaster [at] metalfromfinland.com and tell us a little about yourself.

Created by Tero Tolkki. Built by hardworking staff. Powered by Jägermeister. Horns Up!

MFF home » Bands » Poets_of_the_Fall » Lyrics

Metal From Finland logos and names are protected by copyright laws and of ownership of Mr. Tero Tolkki. No use without prior written consent of the rightful owner is allowed.
Copyright © Metal From Finland 2003-2011. All rights reserved.