EDGE OF THORNS

SAVATAGE
 
 

1. EDGE OF THORNS
2. HE CARVES HIS STONE
3. LIGHTS OUT
4. SKRAGGY'S TOMB
5. LABYRINTHS
6. FOLLOW ME
7. EXIT MUSIC
8. DEGREES OF SANITY
9. CONVERSATION PIECE
10. ALL THAT I BLEED
11. DAMIEN
12. MILES AWAY
13. SLEEP
 
 
 
Edge of Thorns

An offering of reasons
We put them all in play
A covering of treasons
That one by one we let slip away

A solitary dancer
So lost upon her stage

   I have seen you on the edge of thorns
   Felt you were there before you were born
   Balanced your dreams upon the ends of thorns
   But I don't think about you anymore

A study made from winter
Of summers long ago
And dreams that used to glitter
Safely now hidden under snow

And so we end the chapter
And let the stage lights fade

   I have seen you on the edge of thorns
   Felt you were there before you were born
   Balanced your dreams upon the ends of thorns
   But I don't think about you anymore
   

   I have seen you on the edge of thorns
   Felt you were there before you were born
   Balanced your dreams upon the ends of thorns
   But I don't think about you anymore

Anymore

I don't think about you anymore
Anymore
I don't think about you
I don't think about you
I don't think about you
I don't think about you anymore
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore

Anymore
 
 
 
He Carves his Stone

Among the images of dear departed
Here with memories so closely guarded
There's an old man standing all alone

As he waits among the unforgiven
Here among the souls no longer living
Lost in chains of sin still un-atoned

   He carves his stone
   Oh yeah
   He carves his stone

Well a man's got to do what a man must to do
But I'll never give my soul to you
No fallen angel's prophesy
Will ever take hold of the man you see
No

So here I stand all alone
With chisel in hand I work my stone
And leave a message for all to see
And leave this life of insanity

   And carve that stone
   He carves his stone
   He carves his stone
   He carves his stone
   Carves that stone
 

Oooh!

   He carves that stone
   He carves his stone
   He carves that stone
   He carves his stone
 

And on that final night
You know I dream of you
And in a flash of light
I carve that stone right through
Yeah
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
Yeah I carved that stone right through
Yeah
 
 
 
Lights Out

Yeah

Squirmin' like a live wire
Vaporizing big tire
Gonna take her down yeah
I'm really gonna make the motor run
Oh yeah

No brakes can't stop
In a ditch to the top
Just another junkie
Looking for a rush

   Lights out
   Running with the devil
   Shouldn't gamble with your soul
   Lights out
   Never on the level
   And you know you got to roll roll roll roll
   You gonna roll

Look (yeah look)
Yeah she really makes your blood cook
Got you in a corner
Where you're doing things you never have done
Oh no

You (yeah you)
Yeah she's got you like a big fool
Keeps you in a collar
Till it's time to watch you run

   Lights out
   Running with the devil
   Shouldn't gamble with your soul yeah
   Lights out
   Never on the level
   And you know you got to roll
   You know you're gonna roll
   

   Lights out
   Running with the devil
   Shouldn't gamble with your soul
   Lights out
   Never on the level
   And you know you got to roll
   Yeah you got to roll
   Lights out
   Running with the devil
   Shouldn't gamble with your soul
   Lights out
   Never on the level
   And you know you got to roll
   Yeah

Lights out
Lights out
Lights out
Lights out
Lights out
Lights out
Lights out
 
 
 
Skraggy's Tomb

Oh yeah

Summer was the season
When he tooked the ride
Women were the reason
And they say whiskey was the slide

Living on the action
Till it look him down
Crawled into his bottle
Oh and let us watch him drown

   In Skraggy's tomb
   Yeah Skraggy's tomb

Sometimes in the evening
Before the moon goes down
Before the dark is leaving
I could swear
Swear I see him hanging around

So I watch the shadows
And I stop and think
And I wade into the shallows
And I have another drink

   From Skraggy's Tomb
   Welcome to

He was a loaded man going down yeah
Always out there screaming at the moon
And every night he'd load another round
From Skraggy's tomb

There are certain things
You can't explain
We all have our attractions
And then that boy he was insane
Skraggy made his life
Made his life a crime of passion
   

Live a crime of passion
Skraggy
Skraggy
Skraggy
Skraggy's tomb
I'm Talkin' bout
Skraggy's tomb
Skraggy's tomb
Skraggy
Skraggy
Skraggy
Skraggy's tomb

Skraggy's tomb
 
 
 
Labyrinths

Instrumental
 
 
 
Follow Me

I really want to know
What you had in store
I couldn't really tell
Maybe just it's well
I came here with a dream
And I just had to see
If my dream would soar
I knocked on every door

His whole life was a writter
Written there inside
The new weekly bible
His modern T.V. guide
Every night he stares back at the screen

   A man only sees what he wants to see
   When he's in his mind where he is what he wants to be
   Living in a world where he's safe from reality
   Won't you take a chance on this night child and follow
   Me
   Won't you follow
   Me yeah
   Won't you follow
   Me
   Me
   Yeah

Don't need no super heroes
Don't need no movie stars
Don't need no politicians
In big black shiny cars
Don't need no creatures
Who touches my T.V. no

   A man only sees what he wants to see
   When he's in his mind where he is what he wants to be
   Living in a world where he's safe from reality
   Won't you take a chance on this night and follow
   Me
   Won't you follow
   Me yeah
   Won't you follow
   Me
   Me
   Me
   

Once was a broken hero
The kind that we all know
The kind that hides inside us
The kind we never show
The kind we say that could never be me
Yeh yeh yeah
   

His whole life was a writter
Written there inside
The new weekly bible
His modern T.V. guide
Stare back at the screen
Yeah yeah
   

A man only sees what he wants to see
 
 
 
Exit Music

Instrumental
 
 
 
Degrees of Sanity

And so I sit here in the dark
You made the rules I played the part
I never rushed or pushed my fate
When time was tight I knew to wait
And circumstance so well disguised
Within a gathering of lies
And in the dark I lie awake
So I can watch you drive your stake

   What's that you said to me
   The moment dies
   Degrees of sanity
   All alone
   Lost unknown
   And whispered in your sights

And in the dark it all unwinds
I pray for change the kiss of time
And in my thoughts I sit and dwell
The labyrinth's there I know it well

   What's that you said to me
   The moment dies
   Degrees of sanity
   All alone
   Lost unknown
   And whispered in your sights
   

And all the things you never heard
While in my mind I search for words
But time was lost the curtain fell
I take my bows and wish you well

   What's that you said to me
   The moment dies
   Degrees of sanity
   All alone
   Lost unknown
   And whispered in your sights
 
 
 
Conversation Piece

I haven't thought about you for a while
It seemed so far away
I keep your picture hidden in a file
Of favorite one act plays

   Like pieces of myself
   Cut off in desperation
   As offerings to thee
   I keep them on a shelf
   They're good for conversation
   Over a cup of tea
   Yeah
   Cup of tea

I put it all down in a letter once
A letter I don't send
It made me feel much better at the time
I thought it helped me bend

   The pieces of myself
   Cut off in desperation
   As offerings to thee yeah
   I keep them on a shelf
   They're good for conversation
   Over a cup of tea
   Yeah
   Cup of tea
   

   Like pieces of myself
   Cut off in desperation
   As offerings to thee yeah
   I keep them on a shelf
   They're good for conversation
   Over a cup of tea
   Yeah
   Cup of tea

Ooh cup of tea
 
 
 
All That I Bleed

Someone
Got themselves a letter
In the mail the other day
It's already worn and tattered
And I guess
It gives away

All the things we keep inside
All the things that really matter
The face puts on its best disguise
And all is well
Until the heart
Betrays

She knows
As she reads the letter
That things were bound to stray
Winds blow
She pulls her coat tighter
And the letter flies away

With all the things she keeps inside
All the things that really matter
The face puts on its best disguise
And all is well
Until the heart betrays

   Lord bring on the night
   Wrap it all around me
   Let it hold me tight
   Soak up all that I bleed
   Lord bring on the night
   Wrap it all around me
   Let it hold me tight
   Soak up all that I bleed

And I'll fly away
Yeah I'll fly away oh
Lord I'll fly away
Watch me
Yeah

   Lord bring on the night
   Wrap it all around me
   Let it hold me tight
   Soak up all that I bleed

I bleed
 
 
 
Damien

In this city of raw emotion
What's this message you bring to me
In my world of blind devotion
You were there
But I could never see

   Damien
   Is your heart harder
   What's inside your head
   Is the dark your father
   Have all your years been bled

From my world I have watched and wondered
Safely here behind these walls
And your tears could they mean nothing
Is from this distance no one sees them fall

   Damien
   Is your heart harder
   What's inside your head
   Is the dark your father
   Have all your years been bled

Sometimes late at night
When I'm there in bed
I lie there wondering
Where do you lay your head
And do you say your prayers any more?
And do you say your prayers?
   

   Damien
   Is your heart harder
   Do you still feel pain
   Does the night go farther
   When you're sleeping in the rain

In the dark I have heard a calling
Broken wings that beg to fly
Is there time or is it too late
Is the cut flower no longer alive

   Damien
   Is your heart harder
   Do you still feel pain
   Does the night go farther
   When you're sleeping in the rain

Damien
Damien
Yeeah
Damien
Oh
Damien
 
 
 
Miles Away

And a cool, cool rain comes down
On a world burned by the sun
And the moon arises like a child
And the moment is undone

And the stars never say what they see
As the moon flirts with shadows it makes
Through the fallen trees

Some would wait for the morning light
But I fall asleep 'til I'm safe
In the arms of night

Yeeah

Let the darkness roll in
Let it wipe the light away
In the distance always calling
Morpheus he beckons play

Still the morning is pre-ordained
But I believe light is the source
Of all our pain
It reveals our smallest sin
But dark covers all and will always take you

   Armed and gunning
   I've been running
   Always just before the day
   In the distance
   Day is dawning
   But I'm already miles away
   Miles away
   Yeeah

In the night there's wonder
Always there for you to see
In the light of morning
Visions fade and dreams can flee

With the darkness the night forgives
Covers our scars and lets
The lost souls live

And the morning's a distant fear
But if we move fast they'll never find us

   Armed and gunning
   I've been running
   Through a world that's in decay
   Always just before the day
   Let them thunder
   Stare and wonder
   Cause I'm already miles away
   Miles away
   Yeeah
   Uuuh
   Miles away
   

   I've been running
   I've been gunning
   Always just before the day
   In the distance
   Day is dawning
   But I'm already miles away

Miles away
Yeeeeyeah
Yeyeah
Miles
Miles away

Miles away yeah
Miles
Miles Away
Uh yeah
Away
Away
Away

And the rain comes down
 
 
 
Sleep

Hey there you
Way out there in the distance
Can you hear me
Are you there

I know it's late
So please forgive my persistence
But I'm hanging
Do you care

   So lay back
   Call off the attack
   Cause if you look deep dreams
   Are nothing that I lack
   And all I seek
   A final chance to speak
   But I would let the whole thing keep
   If I could just sleep

Hey there you
Way out there could you show me
Just a signal
Or a sign
That after all
All these years that you know me
And I'm not just
Killing time

   So lay back
   Call off the attack
   Cause if you look deep dreams
   Are nothing that I lack
   And all I seek
   A final chance to speak
   But if I would let the whole thing keep
   If I could just sleep

And as I lay there late at night
Building castles in the air
Out of alibis and all those little lies
And then I look inside and pray that I don't care
I don't care

I don't care

Hey there you
Way out there in the distance