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Take an act of greed and a tortured soul |
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Place them together in the crucible |
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Take two men of different faith |
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And a scrap of earth they call their place |
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War is mixture you now create |
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From this extract the human spirit |
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Then pressurise it to the limit |
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And in wondrous vapours you will find |
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Creative treasures of every kind |
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From the essence of this spirit take good intentions |
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And then stir it with desire to turn all things to gold |
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Take care for as your dreams unfold of countless treasure |
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This spell can oft go wrong if hunger for power affects |
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Your noble measure to help your fellow man |
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So look deep down inside your soul and into the smouldering crucible |
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Is this truly gold you see? |
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I see banners flying in the wind |
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Our darkest demons rising from the flames again |
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Black wings of terror blocking out the sun |
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Just one more battle then our golden age may come |
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But there's no running, there's no turning away |
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We never wanted, wanted it to be this way |
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With good intentions we achieve so much |
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Then we take a sip from the poison cup |
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Midas touch |
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We've got the midas touch |
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I see glass towers rising to the skies |
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Down in their shadows the last red rose has died |
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I see machines drink our mothers blood |
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The mercury's rising - Lord here comes the flood |
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But there's no running, there's no turning away |
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We never wanted, wanted it to be this way |
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Losing everything - achieving so much |
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Take a sip from the poison cup |
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Midas touch |
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We've got the midas touch |
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Take touch of the human spirit |
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Pressurise it to the limit |
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Stir in greed and desire |
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Turn the temperature higher |
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Higher higher higher and higher and higher |
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Iron is the will that knows no fear |
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Lead is the greed that blinds us |
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Sulphur is the evil that lies in us all |
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Tin are the gods that guide us |
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Carbon is the strenght to conquer hate |
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Silver is the purest love that binds us |
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Gold is the power lust that divides us |
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If I could do magic I would weave a spell |
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If I could do magic I would weave a spell |