1. 25 Or 6 To 4

waiting for the break of day.
searching for something to say.
flashing lights against the sky.
giving up i close my eyes.
sitting cross-legged on the floor.

25 or 6 to 4

staring blindly into space.
getting up to splash my face.
wanting just to stay awake.
wonder how much i can take.
should i try to do some more.

25 or 6 to 4

feeling like i bought to sleep.
spinning room is sinking deep.
searching for something to say.
praying for the break of day.

25 or 6 to 4

2. Escape From Pain

falsely accused for hiding guns,
thrown in the hole, the torture has begun.
guards they laugh and say "soon you will tell.
the bloody straitjacket is your living hell".
wrapped so tight feel i'm buried alive.
stabbing pains, growing numbness inside.
bodily secretions burn away my skin.
all hope is leaving, despair rushes in.

i will escape from pain

dragged from my cell for the second time,
i beg for mercy i've done no crime.
they just laugh as they drag me away,
it's now or never, my judgment day.
i can't tell them what they want to know,
so back in the jacket is where i go.
fighting the pain i look to the sky –
please god help me – i don't want to die!

i will escape from pain

my body twitches, i wait for death.
the pain, how it has grown.
stretching out to infinity, it's all i've ever known.
then through the pain i fell a change i've never felt before.
total peace flows through my soul.
my mind it starts to soar.

as i rise up, i turn and look down.
i see my body sprawled there on the ground.
freed from anguish, gone is my despair.
it doesn't matter now what goes on down there.
i have broken from the chains that bind.
they cannot touch me now.
i leave their world behind.

years have passed and i'm a free man,
but i can't forget what happened back then.
strapped in the jacket again and again,
one on top another, they tried to do me in.
but i always would escape.
they finally gave up, my will they couldn't break.
granted a pardon after seven years, but only time will dry my tears.

i have escaped from pain

3. Cold-Blooded Killer

people live for the sunrise.
i for the rise of the moon.
they walk about in the sunlight,
like the dead i wait in my tomb.
i awake and meet the darkness.
feel the hunger in my veins.
no way to stop these feelings.
now it's more than just a game.

it never ends – it's all the same
i need to feed to end my pain.
i'm enslaved to my needs.
i'm nothing more than a cold-blooded killer – that's what i am.
cold-blooded killer – destroyer of man.

so many wasted years gone.
kill to live and live to kill.
no end to all the slaughter.
long ago i lost the thrill.
i have taken the lives of millions, the innocent and the brave.
with your blood i live on, but in the end, i will pay.

it never ends – it's all the same.
i need to feed to end my pain.
i'm enslaved to my needs.
i'm nothing more than a cold-blooded killer – that's what i am.
cold-blooded killer – destroyer of man.

4. Kiss Of Death

you were faithful to the family.
they gave you everything you could ever need.
the don treated you just like a son.
how was he to know that you would be the one.
was it the feds – did they have a line on you?
or was it cash that turned your head?
it doesn't matter, 'cause when we are through,
you'll be glad that you are dead.

kiss of death – for your dishonor
kiss of death – now you must pay
kiss of death – make peace with your maker now

did you think that you would not be caught
or did you think that allegiance could be bought?
it doesn't matter, in the end it's all the same.
you made the final move in a deadly game.
just like judas you betrayed the one you loved.
on his power you did feed.
but unlike judas the tables have been turned,
prepare yourself to receive the –

kiss of death – for your dishonor
kiss of death – now you must pay
kiss of death – make peace with your maker now

i don't know why i did as i had done.
i feel as though ironic victory is won.
and through this irony justice will be served.
'cause i know in the end we get what we deserve.

this is a lesson for those that will hear.
just try and cross us, then you'll know fear.
when you least expect it, is when we make our call.
there's no escaping the hammer when it falls.
we have the power to bring you to your knees or make you dreams come true.
both the options are laid at your feet.
now the choice is up to you.

5. T.M. (You Paid The Price)

what went on in you head when they told you.
did you think that it was all a lie?
you were leading cattle to the slaughter.
you still lived when all around you died.
how many lives did it take to convince you –
did you see that what you did was wrong?
serving death to the people of the city.
were you so cold you could not see the harm?

mary – mary – oh the blood of a thousand lives stain your hands
mary – mary – but you paid the price

how did you feel when they said you had killed them – did you feel their agony and pain?
or did you think that they were mistaken – you would never, never kill or maim.
you wouldn't let them cut in your body.
you thought they were nothing more than fools.
when you have to answer to the master.
their souls will avenge themselves on you.

mary – mary – oh the blood of a thousand lives stain your hands
mary – mary – but you paid the price

i feel your sorrow, your agony and pain.
it's time to weep no more, sentence is over, you're debt has been paid.
lay your soul to rest.

did you finally tire of the running –or did your conscience finally get to you?
did they get you when you were not looking?
either way, your game was all through.
26 years you were locked from the outside.
they slammed the door and threw away the key.
you calmly accepted your 'sentence'.
for with your death you knew you'd then be free.