JAQUELINE - REAPING MACHINES (2006) (c) Lyrics by Morten Wærhaug BATTLESHIPS *********** white-hot machinery working its way through me angels and demons without any sanctuary i'm wired and blind and my eyes have no deputy worn out and blood-shot, death is a formality battleships battleships within rustle my cage but these bars won't crack open tilt all my roads but they are all just dead ends head over heels i go facing fatality hell-bent with ten-wheel drive riding my destiny IGNITION ******** CLEAR THIS PATH FOR YOU TO WALK THERE'S NO WAY OUT OF THIS MAZE WITH THE METHODS THEY EMBRACE TAKE COURAGE FROM YOUR FAITH TAKE COURAGE FROM YOUR AIM TAME THIS BEAST BY ALL MEANS PUT IT TO SLEEP LOCK TARGET LAUNCH IGNITION CLEAR THIS SKY FOR YOU TO SEE BUILD A WALL WHERE ENDS MEET TAME THIS BEAST BY ALL MEANS PUT IT TO SLEEP LOCK TARGET LAUNCH IGNITION MEDICINE MAN ************ erupt and start all over again arise from the ashes of all men forge a sabre that cuts right to the bone leave the fractures of this world as it's known medicine man blossom the fields of this sallow, bleak land grind a diamond from this fistful of sand with your medicine look yonder for the herald of the truth divulging the motives behind the rules a ravine will crack these mountains free through black rain he'll come with the seeds and keys a cure's comin' a cure will rise through this fistful of sand 49 57 ***** fortynine fiftyseven, dubbed and locked away like a dog i strayed too far, i couldn't find my way my dirty hands reached for darkness never to be touched tricks i pulled, sticks i caught, fights i fought barred me up fortynine fiftyseven, on the devil's leash I walked along willingly, I should have known I was wrong now I know, there's a place further down the road where all the streets are paved with gold there'll be a wind, in between the tears and grins to lift my soul the minute I go HAMMERS AND NAILS *********** we've tried the herbs, the herbs won't do we've tried the youngest lamb and the cattle too crops are bad and the rains are far away the gods are only waiting for us to obey working it's skin 'til it's torn burning it's flesh to the bone hammers and nails hard times are coming to an end dark winds will leave, good winds will mend the gods will hear our dance as the ropes are tied the soil will spawn in return for our sacrifice REARMED ******* cash, favours, fat of the land keep your mouth shut, supply and demand no one should ever have to say you're casting shadows in people's way out of luck out of line out of reach out of mind out of time too much knowledge you shouldn't hold birds told stories they shouldn't have told all the dirt, all the business you didn't need stained your hands red for others to see all guns, dismantled bombs hidden away is being rearmed handsome eyes, safe and sound you still don't know your time has expired like a breeze sweeps your skin before the rain sets in there's a foe at your door but you don't sense a thing out of time like a long lost friend like a note never sent like a fish in a net like the past you are obsolete PENDULUMS ********* pendulums swing too much the other way rivers flood dogs and hunters on your tail in too deep to bail your way out of this mess you've been burning out crossing bridges way too far you've been burning up like a candle lit in both ends now you can't hide it's smoking you out hitting the shore to settle the score now you can't run you're being fenced in bow for your sentence the damage is done pendulums swing to much the other way there's a light coming thru to you in rays out of time for excuses and alibies you've been living on a lie now the walls are closing in living on a lie cornered up, surrounded by the tide HELMETS ON ********** behold the higher kin beyond your scalp the common people's kings, queens and knights dirty hands on their backs intertwine fully aware of their kind in the offices, behind the desks every suit has a filthy sleeve every archive has a missing file removed gently from the pile just in time about time to put your helmets on bricks will fall black heavy rain from above there's an extreme end for every man moats surround all principles walls just waiting for a snake to crawl and return with a trojan horse what you see, what you hear, what you sense is never close to being a coincidence dogs know eachothers bark by heart birds carry messages far after dark cold and damp hands lead their feet in dance in the sewer of the world, in the great romance of friends who know friends who can push the buttons that can bring death or make amends behold the higher kin beyond your scalp the common people's kings, queens and knights dirty hands on their backs intertwine fully aware of the benefits of their kind Demon Seed ********** signals fail to yield wheels will fail to halt there's a leak somewhere or so you've been told like a kid praying for the night not to come no moves left to make no precautions to take making solidness see-through twisting nails within you even though you can't sense it it is allready working on you boulders have been pushed arrows have been shot read your fortune in between all the contours like a demon seed planted especially for you you've been here before still don't know what to do REAPING MACHINES **************** In the blink of an eye, you saw the henchmen among us In the blink of an eye, you sensed a soberness, a cause In the blink of an eye, you saw a piercing haze of light You are just a doll, just a pawn In the games they play In the blink of an eye, you saw the lessons you've been taught In the blink of an eye, you saw the hopes, the dreams you sought In the blink of an eye, you saw your life passing by You are just a doll, just a pawn in the games they play As the groundstaff's ready to roll You can hear the groundman call Let him take another couple of laps Then take him out Wherever you go, take along with you the lies that you've been told, little one Wherever you go, take along with you the guilt and sins of everyone Wherever you go, wherever you roam you can not escape the hole in your soul you shall reap the weeds of what's already been sown in the very ground you were taken from Lowered down in the ground tonight full moon rising like a big blue light plateaus whisper and shimmer bright birds fly out of sight Black steam rising from the reaping machines expands into something that you can not see recapture continents, justify deeds laments turn into pleas Lowered down by a cold, black wind With all the filth in this world we're in the faces of the ones who shovel the dirt somehow remain blurred You are just a doll, just a pawn in the games they play when the day breaks you're nothing but a silhouette of air By the time the day breaks you're nothing but a silhouette of air Flamefeeder (B-SIDE!!!) *********** once there was a complete darkness haunting every remote valley you were born and brought up here now the time has come for me to pass the torch shovel coal 'til your successor arrive you gotta do what you can to keep the flame alive no one knows just what will happen if it dies out go steady, keep the oven lit like your father's father before you did ask no questions son, make no fuzz it's a question of trust long ago I stood in your shoes I was doubtful then just like you one day you'll be thinking of me, making sure that young blood gets the key