EL&P: In the Hot Seat (1994)

1. Hand Of Truth
2. Daddy
3. One By One
4. Heart On Ice
5. Thin Line
6. Man In The Long Black Coat
7. Change
8. Give Me A Reason To Stay
9. Gone Too Soon
10. Street War
11. Pictures At An Exhibition

HAND OF TRUTH

(Instrumental)

DADDY
It was a cold night in December
The snow lay on the ground
She was coming home from school one night
From the other side of town
It was getting late, there was something wrong
Then I heard the news
A TV Flash and by 9 o'clock
They'd found her socks and shoes

Daddy come and bring me home

I didn't know which way to turn
I was shaking like a leaf
I got into my car and drove
Searching every street
Has anybody seen her
Have you found my little girl
She's all I have, all I possess
And to me, she means the world

I can hear her calling
Daddy come and bring me home
Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home
Daddy, when are you gonna bring me home

As time went by each silent night
We knew all hope was gone
We knew the light had flickered
From the eyes that once had shone
They caught a man in a bar one night
He confessed to what he'd done
He'd laid her body out in some dark wood
Just didn't know which one,
Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home
Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home

I just couldn't leave her out there
Lying on her own
'Cause she belongs to me
And I belong to her
I know she rests in Heaven
With the angels on a throne
But now I hear her calling
Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home
Daddy come and bring me home
Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home

Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home

ONE BY ONE
Watch as the demons dance - they move like a spider
Look in the devil's eyes, as he goes for the kill
In the valley of truth the shadow is just getting wider
While the fingers are freezing the potion is starting to chill
Still we all walk on, one by one

A spectre is screaming, there's fire in the heat of the city
The neon is burning- the walls are starting to crack
Even under the ground the subway is littered with pity
Just look over your shoulder you'll notice a knife in your back
Still we all walk on, one by one

Out of this cocoon - reachin' for the moon, we pray
Though our dreams are made of sand,
there's fate in every hand we play
We're searchin' for the flame, where in Heaven's name
will light be found again

So when will the falcon rise - I'm starting to wonder
His talons are sharp as a dagger, he's looking for blood
'Til we carry the word of light, we'll be hidden by thunder
'Til we open the door of our being we'll drown in the flood
Still we all walk on, one by one

Out of this cocoon...

HEART ON ICE
Just take my heart put it on ice
'Cause I don't think I could stand another blow
Just one more tumble of the dice
Though it's slipping through my hands
I can't let go

And when the hard rain falls
Whatever you may say
There's no hiding in this jungle
You just can't run away

And I'm sorry when I fell from grace
Unable to conceal
Only passion is a fool to chase
The loneliness I fell

Just take my heart into the night
It no longer needs to see the light of day
Heaven knows I cannot fight
As the edges of my soul get chipped away

Walking down this street
The gutter runs with tears
I would sell my heart
To cross the bridge of compromise
But you cannot walk on broken glass
'Cause every step you take
Is just one cut deeper than the last
Just one more heart you break

Just take my heart put it on ice
Your love is a fire, a burning hurricane
We can never cross the river of good-byes
While desire hides in the darkness
Searching for the flame

There were so many days
And still I wonder why
I will never mend these broken wings
No matter how I try
I thought we had it all, but now it seems
We just flickered like a candle
In the cathedral of our dreams

Just take my heart put it on ice
Your love is a fire, a burning hurricane
We can never cross the river of good- byes
While desire hides in the darkness
Searching for the flame

Just take my heart put it on ice
Your love is a fire, a burning hurricane
We can never cross the river of good-byes
While desire hides in the darkness

Searching for the flame

THIN LINE

(Instrumental)

MAN IN THE LONG BLACK COAT

(Instrumental)

CHANGE
A missed step by the river's edge
A chosen word, but it took too long
Your last chance is all he said
You won't miss it, till it's gone

A ghost in the distance
Where the ocean meets the land
A fallen angel in a trance
A conversation you don't understand

Change - everybody wants it
Just a little hope and honesty
Change - everybody needs it
Open up our hearts so that we can see

A young man with a blue beard
Counting days that seem too long
Can't wait, wait another minute
For my fifteen minutes in the sun

Gotta sweep this act I follow
Dust off this passion play
Believe in fate cast off this sorrow
It's just a stone's throw away

Change - everybody wants it
Just a little hope and honesty
Change - everybody needs it
Open up our hearts so that we can see

Some will think I'm crazy
Some will think I'm strange
I'm trying to satisfy this hunger
Somebody stop this pain

No signs of redemption
Can't take the guilt they live
Gonna live and die in this world
Pushin' and pullin' 'till somethin' gives
Change - everybody wants it
Just a little hope and honesty
Change - everybody needs it
Open up our hearts so that we can see

Change - everybody wants it
Just a little hope and honesty
Change - everybody needs it
Open up our hearts so that we can see

Visions of such temptation
We can never take it to far
That's the price of the true sensation
To find out who we really are

Keep digging, digging for answers
Keep searchin' you can't give in
Will we ever understand
A truth we cannot comprehend

Change - everybody wants it
Just a little hope and honesty
Change - everybody needs it
Open up our hearts so that we can see

A missed step by the rivers edge
A chosen word but it took too long
Your last chance is all he said
You won't miss it 'till it's gone

Change - everybody wants it
Just a little hope and honesty
Change - everybody needs it
Open up our hearts so that we can see

Change - everybody wants it
Just a little hope and honesty
Change - everybody needs it

Open up our hearts so that we can see

GIVE ME A REASON TO STAY

(Instrumental)

GONE TOO SOON

(Instrumental)

STREET WAR

(Instrumental)

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

(Ver letras en "Pictures at an Exhibition")