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Steve Vai - Fire Garden lyrics



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11. Little Alligator

I could read your mind and all its freakish desires
A full on femme fatale with an elegant face of fire
Through the haze of your senses and your defenses
God only knows how long it is till you hit the bottom
But that's all right
I'll get you through paradise

Don't need your wings
For the Queen
Little alligator

From the fangs the poison is so sweetly injected
The words that fall from your tongue are so filthy
Your mouth must be infected
Not a man but not quite a lady
Hopelessly androgenous
Hell only knows how hot it gets down south of the border
But that's all right
Your secret is safe tonight

There is no shame
Glory and fame
For little alligators

In the jungle it's comin' down
For those who live in the lost and found
Can't mistake your attitude so heavy
Now get over here

You can hang your image in a brand new dimension
'Cause I don't even think your mirror understands your reflection
But that's all right as long as you're not uptight
And in your brain
It's all the same

Little alligator

12. All About Eve

And though the sun goes down
The fever you adore is burning in your breast
Helpless in the fall from paradise into your bed
For here it is sown, in time we forget what is man

Don't let your body cry
This game of love is war
And I'm already dead

You say - Hold me down and wash away
This hunger from my flesh
And make me reborn in sweet innocence
Come on and make me live

It's voodoo that you possess
(Your heaven is danger)
Deny your dark side, I know
All about your secret life
Oh Eve

And so the moon is high
I see that love is blind
To the fire in your eyes

As our garden fiercely burns
We have no place to hide
Naked and cold running from the wind
Now wrapped in skin

It's voodoo that you possess
(Your heaven is danger)
Deny your dark side, I know
All about your secret life

It's voodoo that you possess
(Your heaven is danger)
Behind those lucid eyes
The shadow of the serpent lies
Oh Eve
All about Eve

And though the sun goes down
The mortals never know

13. Aching Hunger

When I look down into my soul
I can see you bleeding
It's so tragic that I can't control
These reckless feelings

I'd stand naked in the freezing wind
To your glory and honor
But how can I win this war
When I can't even face the battle

And here in my Garden Of Eden
There's a coming thunder
Well maybe if it tears me to pieces it will
Kill this aching hunger

And it hurts
You know it hurts so good
Oh it hurts

I said
Maybe in time peace will reign
And end this insanity
Maybe the meek shall inherit the earth
But I pray you inherit me

But now my Garden Of Eden
Is a barren tundra
If you could cut into my heart
You would touch my aching hunger

And it hurts
You know it hurts so good
Oh God it hurts
It hurts

Ya, and I let it burn
Because I like it
I don't mind the infection
Now it's comin' down
It's comin' down hard
It's crashin' on me

It's in a twinkle
It's in a breeze
And it passes
So subtle and elusively
Try to grab it
But it's gone and the rage that it fires up
Is like a blow torch in your face

And it hurts
Oh it hurts
Yeah, you know it hurts so good
Oh it hurts

14. Brother

Brother, I'm in need of a friend
For I am drowning in disarray
And brother, it is on you I depend
To pull me out of this misery

Like a hero I've always seen you
Even though I would never say
And through the years
The laughter and the tears
It's you who were strong
In the right and the wrong
A tribute to the world that
Blood is thicker than water

I'm tryin' to say that I love you
I'm tryin' to say that I need you,
Brother

And father, I'm in need of your hand
So I can face the world bravely
And father, do you understand
What it is you mean to me

Like a warrior you always conquered
Every battle you had to face
And through the hard times
When life was a bitter fight
It's you who would give
So unselfish you lived
A tribute to the world that blood
Is thicker than water

I'm tryin' to say that I love you
I'm tryin' to say that I miss you
Oh, father

15. Damn You

Suddenly the guilt is written on your face
God only knows how down deep it goes
Nothin' left to say in this pitiful state
I'm takin' the shame out on a song

I need to settle down maybe
Take some pity on myself

Damn you, I said damn
My mind is better off dead
Damn you, I said damn
Who are these voices in my head

Someone poured cold cement in your soul
And now all the beautiful colors are turning to gray
I notice you're happy only when you're miserable
(Like some other people I know)
You love to eat your heart out just for the taste

We bleed so preciously, baby
Hopeless refugees of war

Damn you, I said damn
My mind is better off dead
Damn you, I said damn
Oh, God, I feel like I'm shot in the head

Into the air and into the lungs
And then down under the skin
Sweetly feeding the blood becoming
Part of the flesh part of the bone
Becoming the brain & blackening the soul

Hip hip hip boom boom way to go
I got a brand new me I don't even know
Before I get a little sick or a
Little cold, there's just one thing that you should know

We scream so desperately, baby
Choking on the words as they fall

Damn you I said damn
My mind is better off dead
Damn you I said
I can't stop these feelings

17. Genocide

Hey hi, we're racin' with time
To get some kicks before we die
Hey, ho and if you don't know
We will stand together on the other side

Hey, man, can I call you my friend
Here in the beginning of the end
This fight already begun
And now it's time to take it to euphoria

Hey, friend, I can feel your pain
Even heroes cry in the rain
Stand up so we can hear what you say
Said genocide, yeah
Oh genocide

Hey, lord, tears are burnin' my face
I'm the one that's tryin' to fool fate
Oh, god, I think I'm in shock
Whatever it takes to gate us through this genocide

You like to hear it? Well here it goes

Oh, lord, would you breath us in?
Wash your blood over our skin
Hold tight 'cause it's gonna go black
Never let go and get us through this genocide

Hey, man, I know you're my friend
Here in the beginning of the end
Hey, friend, we're all that we got
Hold my hand and jump into genocide